Philip Morrison
Philip Morrison was a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is known for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II, and for his later work in quantum physics, nuclear physics, high energy astrophysics, and SETI.
Background
- Born in
- Somerville
- Educated at
- University of California, BerkeleyCarnegie Mellon University
- Awards
- 🏆 Oersted Medal🏆 Karl G. Jansky Lectureship🏆 Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award🏆 William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement🏆 Fellow of the American Physical Society
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Robert Oppenheimer
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Hugh E. DeWitt📖 Jack Jaffe📖 Willie Ray Mackey
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1915
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Birth2005
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