Robert Hofstadter Scientist

Robert Hofstadter (February 5, 1915 – November 17, 1990) was an American physicist. He was the joint winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics (together with Rudolf Mössbauer) "for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his consequent discoveries concerning the structure of nucleons".

Personal facts

Robert Hofstadter
Birth dateFebruary 05, 1915
Birth place
New York City
Date of deathNovember 17, 1990
Place of death
Stanford California
Education
Princeton University
City College of New York
Known for
Electron scattering
Atomic nucleus

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Scientist

awards
Nobel Prize in Physics
Field of study
Physics

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External resources

  1. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1961/hofstadter-lecture.pdf
  2. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1961/hofstadter-speech.html
  3. http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/hofstadter-robert-1.pdf
  4. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/19/obituaries/dr-robert-hofstadter-dies-at-75-won-nobel-prize-in-physics-in-61.html
  5. http://www.osti.gov/cgi-bin/rd_accomplishments/display_biblio.cgi?id=ACC0500&numPages=7&fp=N
  6. http://www.osti.gov/cgi-bin/rd_accomplishments/display_biblio.cgi?id=ACC0501&numPages=41&fp=N
  7. http://www.osti.gov/cgi-bin/rd_accomplishments/display_biblio.cgi?id=ACC0502&numPages=22&fp=N
  8. http://www.osti.gov/cgi-bin/rd_accomplishments/display_biblio.cgi?id=ACC0503&numPages=42&fp=N
  9. http://www.osti.gov/cgi-bin/rd_accomplishments/display_biblio.cgi?id=ACC0504&numPages=8&fp=N
  10. http://www.osti.gov/cgi-bin/rd_accomplishments/display_biblio.cgi?id=ACC0505&numPages=4&fp=N