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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,_USA
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gptkbp:child
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gptkb:Walter_Alvarez
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gptkbp:collaboratesWith
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gptkb:Edwin_McMillan
gptkb:Frank_Oppenheimer
gptkb:Robert_Serber
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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,_USA
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gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor
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gptkb:Arthur_Compton
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gptkbp:employer
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gptkb:Lawrence_Berkeley_National_Laboratory
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
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gptkbp:ethnicity
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Spanish descent
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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 W. Alvarez
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:K-T_extinction_hypothesis
gptkb:Manhattan_Project
bubble chamber
cosmic ray research
hydrogen bubble chamber
work on radar technology
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:American_Physical_Society
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:notableStudent
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gptkb:Charles_S._Zuker
gptkb:Arthur_B._McDonald
gptkb:Donald_Glaser
gptkb:Jack_Steinberger
gptkb:Melvin_Schwartz
gptkb:Owen_Chamberlain
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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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radar system for aircraft landing
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gptkbp:publishedIn
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A suggested explanation of the terrestrial Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction
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gptkbp:religion
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Agnostic
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:Berkeley,_California,_USA
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gptkbp:signature
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Luis W. Alvarez signature.svg
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Gertrude_K._Bertram
gptkb:Janet_Landis
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gptkb:Walter_C._Alvarez
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