William A. Nierenberg

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gptkb:scientist
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gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Vannevar_Bush_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1919-02-13
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:child gptkb:Nicholas_Nierenberg
gptkbp:contributedTo climate change policy debates
US government science policy
gptkbp:deathDate 2000-09-10
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:La_Jolla,_California
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Isidor_Isaac_Rabi
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Charles_D._Keeling
gptkb:Walter_Munk
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Encyclopedia_of_Earth_System_Science
gptkbp:ethnicity Jewish American
gptkbp:field oceanography
physics
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gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkb:Scripps_Institution_of_Oceanography
gptkb:University_of_California,_San_Diego
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Dr.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William A. Nierenberg
gptkbp:influenced climate change skepticism
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkb:Scripps_Institution_of_Oceanography
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:U.S._Navy_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Chairman_of_the_National_Advisory_Committee_on_Oceans_and_Atmosphere
Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Nature
gptkb:Physical_Review
gptkb:science
gptkbp:researchArea climate science
nuclear physics
ocean acoustics
gptkbp:residence gptkb:La_Jolla,_California
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Edith_Nierenberg
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