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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:person
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:University_of_Chicago
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gptkbp:award
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gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
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gptkbp:awardYear
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1968
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1911-06-13
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:San_Francisco,_California,_United_States
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gptkbp:causeOfDeath
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esophageal cancer
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gptkbp:child
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gptkb:Walter_Alvarez
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gptkbp:contribution
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gptkb:Manhattan_Project
development of Ground-Controlled Approach radar
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1988-09-01
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Berkeley,_California,_United_States
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gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor
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gptkb:Arthur_Compton
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gptkbp:employer
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gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
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gptkbp:ethnicity
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Spanish-American
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gptkbp:field
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experimental physics
nuclear physics
particle physics
physics
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Luis_Walter_Alvarez
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Luis Alvarez
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:Alvarez_hypothesis_(dinosaur_extinction_by_asteroid_impact)
detection of resonance states in particle physics
hydrogen bubble chamber
work on radar technology
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
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gptkbp:militaryRank
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Lieutenant Colonel
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gptkbp:militaryService
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gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:American
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:physicist
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gptkbp:parent
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gptkb:Walter_C._Alvarez
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gptkbp:patent
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dozens of patents in physics and engineering
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gptkbp:publishedIn
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numerous scientific papers
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gptkbp:religion
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Agnostic
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:Berkeley,_California,_United_States
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Gertrude_K._Bernheim
gptkb:Janet_Landis
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Manhattan_Engineer_District
gptkb:Site_Y_(Los_Alamos)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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