Isidor Isaac Rabi

Isidor Isaac Rabi : biography 29 July 1898 - 11 January 1988 Oppenheimer was not reappointed to the GAC when his term expired in 1952,...

William H. Stewart

William H. Stewart : biography 19 May 1921 - 23 April 2008 Cycles of administrative upheaval accompanied these dramatic changes at PHS. The first of...

Rudolf Peierls

Rudolf Peierls : biography June 5, 1907 - September 19, 1995 Post-war After the war, Peierls reassumed his position in the physics department at the...

Lee Alvin DuBridge

Lee Alvin DuBridge : biography 21 September 1901 - 23 January 1994 Lee Alvin DuBridge (21 September 1901 – 23 January 1994) was...

Christer Fuglesang

Christer Fuglesang : biography March 18, 1957 - In May 1993, Fuglesang and fellow ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter were selected for the Euromir 95...

Emilio G. Segrè

Emilio G. Segrè : biography 30 January 1905 - 22 April 1989 Segrè served on the University's powerful Budget Committee from 1961 to 1965, and...

Henry Augustus Rowland

Henry Augustus Rowland : biography November 27, 1848 - April 16, 1901 Henry Augustus Rowland (November 27, 1848 – April 16, 1901) was...

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker : biography June 28, 1912 - 28 April 2007 Postwar career Weizsäcker was allowed to return to the part of Germany...

William Coblentz

William Coblentz : biography November 20, 1873 - September 15, 1962 For his applications of IR detectors to astronomy, Coblentz is regarded as the founder...

Wilhelm Röntgen

Wilhelm Röntgen : biography 27 March 1845 - 10 February 1923 Nearly two weeks after his discovery, he took the very first picture using X-rays...