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Luis Walter Alvarez

1911–1988

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Luis Walter Alvarez (1911–1988) was an American experimental physicist and inventor, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 for his work on resonance states in particle physics using hydrogen bubble chambers. He also contributed to radar development, the Manhattan Project, and the asteroid impact theory of dinosaur extinction.

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Alvarez: Adventures of a Physicist (autobiography)
The Search for Hidden Chambers in the Pyramids (Scientific American article)
Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction (Science paper)
The Bubble Chamber and the Discovery of New Particles (Nobel lecture)
The Large-Area Solar X-Ray Telescope (proposal)

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