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  1. George Bogdanovich Kistiakowsky (Russian: Георгий Богданович Кистяковский, Ukrainian: Георгій Богданович Кістяківський, romanized: Heorhii Bohdanovych Kistiakivskyi; December 1 [O.S. November 18] 1900 – December 7, 1982) was a Ukrainian-American physical chemistry professor at Harvard ...

  2. George Kistiakowsky (1900-1982) was a Ukrainian-American physical chemist. He joined the Manhattan Project in late January 1944, leaving his role as chief of the National Defense Research Committee's Explosives Division.

  3. Dr. George Kistiakowsky was a Ukranian-American physical chemist whose contribution to the Manhattan Project included the design of the explosive lenses for the implosion-type bomb.

  4. Dec 8, 1982 · Dr. George B. Kistiakowsky, who worked on the developing the first atomic bomb and later became a leading advocate of banning nuclear weapons, died today at home at the age of 82, Harvard...

  5. Quick Facts. Significance: George Kistiakowsky was head of the Explosive Division at Los Alamos and was responsible for the development of the complex explosive lenses for the implosion weapon. Place of Birth: Boyarka, Ukraine. Date of Birth: November 18, 1900. Place of Death: Cambridge, MA.

  6. George B. Kistiakowsky was awarded the National Medal of Science for contributions to physical chemistry, particularly to the understanding of reaction rates, and for statesmanship in the evolution of relationships between science and public affairs.

  7. George Kistiakowsky. (1900 - 1982) George Bogdan Kistiakowsky was born in Kiev, Ukraine, on November 18, 1900. One of the few scientists at Los Alamos who had experienced combat, he attended private schools in Kiev and Moscow until the Russian Revolution broke out in 1917.

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