Robert F. Christy

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:University_of_California
gptkb:Los_Alamos_National_Laboratory
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Enrico_Fermi_Award
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences_member
Fermi Award
Nuclear_Energy_Institute_Award
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California
gptkbp:born March 15, 1916
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contribution nuclear fusion research
development of the atomic bomb
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Pasadena,_California
gptkbp:died March 3, 2012
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:field Physics
theoretical physics
nuclear engineering
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert F. Christy
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Richard_Garwin
gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkb:John_von_Neumann
gptkb:Carl_Friedrich_von_Weizsäcker
gptkb:Hans_Bethe
gptkb:Edward_Teller
Leo Szilard
nuclear weapons development
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Robert_Oppenheimer
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Manhattan_Project
nuclear policy advocacy
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Christy–Hirschfelder_model
gptkb:Christy–Hirschfelder_approximation
contributions to nuclear physics
Christy–Hirschfelder_theory
gptkbp:members gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:David_Bohm
gptkb:Edward_Teller
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Christy–Hirschfelder_equation
Nuclear Reactor Engineering
gptkbp:publishes Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Reactor Physics
Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Theory
The_Physics_of_Nuclear_Reactors
The_Physics_of_Fission_and_Fusion
gptkbp:researchAreas nuclear safety
nuclear waste management
thermonuclear reactions
gptkbp:researchFocus nuclear fission
nuclear reactors
plasma physics
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_Christy