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Donald Arthur Glaser

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Donald Arthur Glaser

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Also known as Donald Glaser, Donald A. Glaser

American physicist and neurobiologist (1926–2013)

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Donald Arthur Glaser was born on September 21, 1926, and died on February 28, 2013. He held an Erdős number of 5.

Glaser received one Nobel Prize. His work is recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Physics collection, and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.

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Known for

  • CERN, or The Factory for the Absolute — Self2010

via TMDB

Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1960

    “for the invention of the bubble chamber”

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Arthur
Family name
Glaser
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Cleveland
Place of death
Berkeley
Languages spoken
English language
Doctoral advisor
Carl David Anderson
Field of work
physics
Image
Donald Glaser.jpg
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Donald Glaser
date of birth
1926-09-21
date of death
2013-02-28
Erdős number
5
birth name
Donald Arthur Glaser
name in native language
Donald Arthur Glaser
place of burial
Mountain View Cemetery
interested in
physics
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Encyclopedic overview

Donald Arthur Glaser (September 21, 1926 – February 28, 2013) was an American physicist and biologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1960 for his invention of the bubble chamber.

Personal life

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