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James Rainwater

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Also known as Leo James Rainwater, Leo Rainwater

American physicist

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Leo James Rainwater (1917–1986) was an American physicist and university teacher specializing in atomic physics. Born in Council, he received his education at the California Institute of Technology and Columbia University, where he also served as an employer. His doctoral advisor was John R. Dunning, and he supervised Val Logsdon Fitch. Rainwater participated in the Manhattan Project and was a member of the American Physical Society, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

He received the Nobel Prize in Physics, the IEEE Fellow distinction, and the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award. Rainwater’s published works include studies on neutron beam spectrometers involving boron, cadmium, and paraffin. He died in New York City.

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1917
Works
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Listeners · Last.fm

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Total plays
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5 total works indexed

  1. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

    · 2021 · cited 85,293x

  2. Special points for Brillouin-zone integrations

    · 1976 · cited 68,322x

  3. Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

    · 2012 · cited 66,908x

  4. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

    · 2020 · cited 36,569x

  5. Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.

    · 1988 · cited 31,725x

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1975

    “for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Leo
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Council
Place of death
New York City
Occupation
university teacher
Educated at
Columbia University
Employer
Columbia University
Languages spoken
English language
Award
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award
Participant in
Manhattan Project
Doctoral advisor
John R. Dunning
Doctoral student
Val Logsdon Fitch
Field of work
atomic physics
Image
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date of birth
1917-12-09
date of death
1986-05-31
Erdős number
4
member of
American Association for the Advancement of Science
student
Val Logsdon Fitch
name in native language
Leo James Rainwater
Commons category
James Rainwater
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WikiProject Mathematics
interested in
physics
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Encyclopedic overview

Leo James Rainwater (December 9, 1917 – May 31, 1986) was an American physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975 for his part in determining the asymmetrical shapes of certain atomic nuclei.

During World War II, he worked on the Manhattan Project that developed the first atomic bombs. In 1949, he began developing his theory that, contrary to what was then believed, not all atomic nuclei are spherical. His ideas were later tested and confirmed by Aage Bohr's and Ben Mottelson's experiments. He also contributed to the scientific understanding of X-rays and participated in the United States Atomic Energy Commission and naval research projects.

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