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Leo James Rainwater (December 9, 1917 – May 31, 1986) was an American physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975 for his part in determining the asymmetrical shapes of certain atomic nuclei . During World War II, he worked on the Manhattan Project that developed the first atomic bombs. In 1949, he began developing his theory that ...
Apr 3, 2024 · James Rainwater (born Dec. 9, 1917, Council, Idaho, U.S.—died May 31, 1986, Yonkers, N.Y.) was an American physicist who won a share of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1975 for his part in determining the asymmetrical shapes of certain atomic nuclei. Educated at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, and Columbia University, where ...
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Jun 3, 1986 · Dr. James Rainwater, a professor emeritus of physics at Columbia University who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975 for his work in analyzing the structure of atomic nuclei, died Saturday at ...
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In the late 1940s and 1950s, Bohr conducted his own research on the structure of the atomic nucleus, which led to a share of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics with James Rainwater and Benjamin R. Mottelson. The fourth son of Niels Bohr and Margrethe (Nørlund) Bohr, Aage Bohr was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 19, 1922.
Leo James Rainwater (December 9, 1917 – May 31, 1986) was an American physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975 for his part in determining the asymmetrical shapes of certain atomic nuclei.
Jun 5, 1986 · James Rainwater, who shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1975 for determining that the atomic nucleus is not always round but can also be egg shaped, has died at a suburban New York City hospital.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1975 was awarded jointly to Aage Niels Bohr, Ben Roy Mottelson and Leo James Rainwater "for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection"
