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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:awardReceived
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gptkb:Enrico_Fermi_Award
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
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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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complications from cancer
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gptkbp:child
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gptkb:Walter_Alvarez
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gptkbp:contributedTo
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gptkb:Manhattan_Project
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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:doctoralStudent
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gptkb:Arthur_B._McDonald
gptkb:Donald_Glaser
gptkb:Owen_Chamberlain
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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:fieldOfWork
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experimental physics
nuclear physics
physics
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gptkbp:hasSibling
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gptkb:Gladys_Alvarez
gptkb:Jean_Alvarez
gptkb:Robert_Alvarez
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Luis Walter Alvarez
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gptkbp:knownFor
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bubble chamber
cosmic ray research
dinosaur extinction theory
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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:notableWork
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gptkb:Alvarez_hypothesis_(dinosaur_extinction)
detection of resonance states
hydrogen bubble chamber
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:inventor
gptkb:physicist
gptkb:professor
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gptkbp:parent
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gptkb:Harriet_Smyth
gptkb:Walter_C._Alvarez
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gptkbp:publishedIn
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"A suggestion for measuring the magnetic moment of the neutron"
"Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous–Tertiary Extinction"
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gptkbp:religion
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atheism
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:Berkeley,_California,_United_States
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gptkbp:restingPlace
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gptkb:Chapel_of_the_Chimes,_Oakland,_California
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gptkbp:signature
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Luis Walter Alvarez signature.svg
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Gertrude_K._Bertram
gptkb:Janet_Landis
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:E._O._Lawrence
gptkb:Ernest_Lawrence
gptkb:Ernest_O._Lawrence
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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