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Robert G. Sachs

American theoretical physicist

Died when: 82 years 345 days (995 months)
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Robert G. Sachs

Robert G.Sachs (May 4, 1916 – April 14, 1999) was an American theoretical physicist, a founder and a director of the Argonne National Laboratory.Sachs was also notable for his work in theoretical nuclear physics, terminal ballistics, and nuclear power reactors.Sachs was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences, chairman of the Academy's Physics Section, chairman of the Academy's Class I (Physical and Mathematical Sciences), and director of the Enrico Fermi Institute of the University of Chicago.Sachs was the author of the standard textbook Nuclear Theory (1953).


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