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Walter Alvarez is an American male geophysicist who works in the field of geophysics. He was born in 1940 and speaks English.
He is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. His academic collaborations are reflected in an Erdős number of 5.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1940
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Ḳetsad neʻelmu ha-Dinozaʾurim
- T. Rex and the Crater of Doom
- A most improbable journey
- T. rex and the crater of doom
- The idea of a community of scholars
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 49
- Total plays
- 202
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields
· 1983 · cited 31,472x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,760x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,947x
- The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 13,444x
- A logical calculus of the ideas immanent in nervous activity
· 1943 · cited 13,214x
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Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- b. 1940
- Nationality
- US
- Role / Field
- Geofizycy, Geofizyka
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 19 libraries
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Family name
- Álvarez
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Berkeley
- Father
- Luis Walter Alvarez
- Occupation
- paleontologist
- Educated at
- Carleton College
- Employer
- Columbia University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Image
- Walter Alvarez at the 97th Annual Faculty Research Lectures, University of California Berkeley.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1940-10-03
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- Commons category
- Walter Alvarez
- Erdős number
- 5
- archives at
- Carleton College
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