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22. Luis Alvarez' Discovery Of The Iridium Anomaly Article reprinted from the Fall 1979 LBL News Magazine. http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/luis-alvarez-iridium.html

Fall 1979 LBL News Magazine NOBEL LAUREATE LUIS ALVAREZ, WHO DIED IN 1988 "You might say that I’m practicing geology without a license," laughs Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory’s Luis Alvarez, referring to his part in the study of geological sediments and the great extinctions. The project is one in a long line of exotic research projects which Alvarez has initiated over the years. Alvarez is an experimental physicist in the classical sense; he is interested in everything under the sun and beyond. That’s not to suggest he has neglected the field of elementary particle physics. He won the Nobel Prize in 1968 for the development of the hydrogen bubble chamber and the discovery of new resonance states. Alvarez’s wide-ranging interests are evident everywhere when you enter his office at the Lab. On the table is a model of a pyramid constructed some 13 years ago when he and a team from LBL searched the pyramid of Cephren at Giza for hidden chambers, using cosmic rays as the probe. Behind the pyramid is a large, plastic three-dimensional star map, evidence of his involvement in astrophysics. Alvarez often uses the phrase, "it occurred to me," to describe how an idea came to him. Unlike Agatha Christie, who lay in the bathtub eating apples when she wanted to solve a problem, Alvarez says ideas occur to him anywhere. Some of his most creative thinking about the structure of the pyramids came to him when he was on an expedition in Antarctica, flying over the vast, white wasteland of ice and snow. He thought of a solution to the problem of how to stabilize a hand-held movie camera in a hotel room in Nairobi. His image stabilizer, which fits in with the optical components of a camera, has been patented and now belongs to Bell and Howell.

23. Physics 1968 luis Walter alvarez. luis Walter alvarez. USA. University of California The Nobel Prize in Physics 1968 Presentation Speech luis alvarez Biography http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1968/

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24. Luis Walter Alvarez (Infoplease.com) http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0767078.html

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25. Alvarez, Luis W., alvarez, luis W., in full luis WALTER alvarez (b. June 13, 1911, San Francisco,Calif., USd. Sept. 1, 1988, Berkeley, Calif. http://www.britannica.com/nobel/micro/17_84.html

Alvarez, Luis W., Luis Alvarez By courtesy of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, the University of California, Berkeley in full LUIS WALTER ALVAREZ (b. June 13, 1911, San Francisco, Calif., U.S.d. Sept. 1, 1988, Berkeley, Calif.), American experimental physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1968 for work that included the discovery of many resonance particles (subatomic particles having extremely short lifetimes and occurring only in high-energy nuclear collisions). Alvarez studied physics at the University of Chicago (B.S., 1932; M.S., 1934; Ph.D., 1936). He joined the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley, in 1936, becoming professor of physics in 1945 and professor emeritus in 1978. In 1938 Alvarez discovered that some radioactive elements decay by orbital-electron capture; i.e., an orbital electron merges with its nucleus, producing an element with an atomic number smaller by one. In 1939 he and Felix Bloch made the first measurement of the magnetic moment of the neutron, a characteristic of the strength and direction of its magnetic field. Alvarez worked on microwave radar research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (1940-43), and participated in the development of the atomic bomb at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.M., in 1944-45. He suggested the technique for detonating the implosion type of atomic bomb. He also participated in the development of microwave beacons, linear radar antennas, the ground-controlled landing approach system, and a method for aerial bombing using radar to locate targets. After World War II Alvarez helped construct the first proton linear accelerator and developed the liquid hydrogen bubble chamber in which subatomic particles and their reactions are detected.

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29. Luis Alvarez: Biography And Much More From Answers.com alvarez, luis Walter luis Walter alvarez Library of Congress b. San Francisco,California, June 12, 1911, d. http://www.answers.com/topic/luis-alvarez

showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Health ... More... On this page: Scientist Dictionary Encyclopedia Wikipedia Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Luis Alvarez Scientist Alvarez, Luis Walter Luis Walter Alvarez Library of Congress [b. San Francisco, California, June 12, 1911, d. Berkeley, California, September 1, 1988] Alvarez was a prolific inventor, working on both radar systems for navigation and the nuclear bomb during World War II, as well as the variable-focus lens for eyeglasses and the stabilizer used to keep hand-held cameras and binoculars steady. Although Alvarez contributed to experimental nuclear and particle physics in many ways, his 1968 Nobel Prize was for the discovery of various high-energy particle resonance states. He also aided his son Walter Alvarez in identifying the probable cause of the mass extinction some 65,000,000 years ago that eliminated the last dinosaurs along with many other species. His identification of iridium in a thin layer Walter Alvarez had found was the key to recognizing that the extinction was caused by an impact. Dictionary Al·va·rez ăl və-rĕz Luis Walter American physicist. He won a 1968 Nobel Prize for his study of subatomic particles.

30. Alvarez, Luis W. (1911-1988) -- From Eric Weisstein's World Of Scientific Biogra alvarez, luis W. (19111988) alvarez was also the first to notice a layer ofiridium-enriched clay at the Cretacious-Tertiary (KT) boundary. http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Alvarez.html

Branch of Science Physicists Nationality American ... Physics Prize Alvarez, Luis W. (1911-1988) American physicist who studied short-lived resonance particles in bubble chambers This work won him the 1968 Nobel Prize in physics. Alvarez was also the first to notice a layer of iridium-enriched clay at the Cretacious-Tertiary (K-T) boundary. This suggested that the impact of a meteor (which are rich in Ir) may have been responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs, a thesis which has now met with general acceptance. Additional biographies: Bonn References Alvarez, L. W. Alvarez: Adventures of a Physicist. New York: Basic Books, 1989.

31. Luis W. Alvarez Winner Of The 1968 Nobel Prize In Physics luis W. alvarez, a Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics, at the Nobel Prize InternetArchive. http://almaz.com/nobel/physics/1968a.html

L UIS W A LVAREZ 1968 Nobel Laureate in Physics for his decisive contributions to elementary particle physics, in particular the discovery of a large number of resonance states, made possible through his development of the technique of using hydrogen bubble chamber and data analysis. Background Residence: U.S.A. Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley, CA Featured Internet Links Search WWW Search The Nobel Prize Internet Archive Nobel News Links Dinosaur Extinction Theory Backed Crater in Iowa Seen as Possible Crash Site Links added by Nobel Internet Archive visitors Alvarez's biography (submitted by Jeremy Moskowitz) Presentation of award and acceptance speech (submitted by Georgia Fujikawa Luis Alvarez – Biography (submitted by Chinnappan Baskar MEMORIAL TRIBUTE FOR LUIS W. ALVAREZ (submitted by victory) Luis W. Alvarez - Nobel Lecture (submitted by Jackson) Back to The Nobel Prize Internet Archive Literature Peace Chemistry ... Medicine We always welcome your feedback and comments

32. Article - 1 luis W. alvarez Physics, 1968. By Russell Schoch 1984. luis Walter alvarez wasborn in San Francisco on June 13, 1911, the son of Walter C. alvarez, http://www.gpaulbishop.com/GPB History/GPB Archive/Section - 5/L. Alvarez/articl

The Nobel Tradition at Berkeley Luis W. Alvarez Physics, 1968 By Russell Schoch Luis Walter Alvarez was born in San Francisco on June 13, 1911, the son of Walter C. Alvarez, the famous physician who, when he retired from the Mayo Clinic, began a second career as a medical columnist, appearing in newspapers throughout the United States. Remembering his childhood, Luis Alvarez recalls: "I had the good fortune as a boy to be exposed to the electrical and mechanical apparatus in my dad's laboratory. He realized I would probably go into experimental science of some sort, so he apprenticed me for two summers to a scientific instrument-maker's machine shop." Alvarez attended the University of Chicago, planning to be a chemist. It took him two and a half years of college and seven straight B's in chemistry courses to switch fields. He earned the B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., all in physics, at Chicago. His sister was a part-time secretary to Ernest Lawrence at Berkeley, and, because of that connection, Lawrence looked up young Alvarez on one of his visits to Chicago. Lawrence offered Alvarez a job as a research assistant (with a salary of $1,000 a year) in 1936. Alvarez took the post and thus joined the small and hardy band of physicists led by Lawrence in the old Radiation Laboratory. Alvarez was busy - and productive - in his first years at Berkeley, designing, among other things, an instrument that was developed by the Bureau of Standards and for 15 years served as the universal standard of length. Just before World War II, Alvarez and a colleague discovered the radioactivity of tritium, best known as a source of thermonuclear energy.

33. Library: Nobel Laureates luis W. alvarez was born in San Francisco, California, on June 13, 1911.He received his Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Chicago in 1932, http://www-library.lbl.gov/teid/tmLib/nobellaureates/LibL_Alvarez.htm

Luis Alvarez 1968 Nobel Prize for Physics Presentation of Award Acceptance Speech M. Alvarez, Address to the University Students on the Evening of December 10, 1968 ... Biography Submitted by Dr. Alvarez to the Nobel Committee Professor S. Von Friesen of the Royal Academy of Sciences. Translation. Milt White beside the 60-inch cyclotron with which Alvarez showed the stability of helium-3. Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The new particles are normally produced with the help of the great, new accelerators which cause the particles to move at very great speed. This has the advantage that, although the life-span of the particle might be as little as a ten-thousandth part of a millionth of a second the track acquires a length of several centimetres. Luis Alvarez with Bubble Chamber display built in Berkeley, California. One could, however, suspect the existence of particles with considerably shorter life-spans and with such small track-lengths that they are impossible to measure. In this case one is obliged, instead, to study the tracks of their disintegration products and the tracks of the reactions they produce in collision with other particles. The pattern of tracks thus becomes very complicated; the correct interpretation of what actually occurs requires acute powers of discernment and a particularly advanced experimental technique. It is in this field that Professor Luis Alvarez has made the contributions for which he is today being rewarded.

34. An Early History Of LBNL By Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg Discovery of electron capture decay by luis W. alvarez. Four future presidentsof the American Physical Society. Left to right alvarez, Robert Oppenheimer, http://www-library.lbl.gov/Seaborg/65th-anniv/18.html

The Scientists I thought I should say something special about Luis Alvarez because he was an extraordinary scientist at this time. He joined the Laboratory in 1936. Alvarez with personally built electronics and BF-3 ionization chamber Glenn T. Seaborg journal excerpt, April 15, 1938. Discovery of electron capture decay by Luis W. Alvarez. Four future presidents of the American Physical Society. Left to right: Alvarez, Robert Oppenheimer, Willy Fowler and Bob Serber (1938) Here's a picture of him with a neutron counter taken in 1938. He is responsible for a large number of discoveries.Here is a note from my journal of April 15, 1938. I've kept a journal since January 1, 1927. Here is my description of a paper I had just read in which he discovered decay by electron capture. He is the discoverer of that method of decay. Here is a picture taken in 1938 of Luis Alvarez with Robert Oppenheimer, Willie Fowler of Cal Tech, and Bob Serber of the Radiation Lab at that time. Alvarez receives the Nobel Prize for Physics from King Gustav VI with Princess Christina looking on (1968). Asteroid Impact research team (1969). Left to right: Helen Michel, Frank Asaro, Walter Alvarez and Luis Alvarez.

35. Luis Alvarez - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia luis alvarez Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaalvarez, luis W. alvarez Adventure of a Physicist, New York Basic Books, 1987,ISBN 0465001157. edit. External links. Nobel biography About luis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_W._Alvarez

Luis Alvarez From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (Redirected from Luis W. Alvarez Portrait of Luis Alvarez Luis Walter Alvarez June 13 September 1 ) of San Francisco, California USA , was a famed physicist who worked at the University of California, Berkeley Alvarez attended the University of Chicago , where he received his bachelor's degree in , his master's degree in , and his PhD in Alvarez won the Nobel Prize in Physics for "the discovery of a large number of resonance states, made possible through his development of the technique of using hydrogen bubble chamber and data analysis". Specifically, his research made it possible to record and study the short lived particles created in particle accelerators Alvarez's ID badge photo from Los Alamos During World War II , Alvarez was a key participant in the Manhattan Project and in war projects in general. Alvarez and his student Lawrence Johnston designed the detonators for the spherical implosives used on the Trinity and Nagasaki bombs He additionally did important work relating to radar and aviation, and designed a system by which airplanes could land safely in low visibility conditions, useful both to bombers and commercial aviation. After the war he went on to invent the

36. HOFEST:Hall Of Fame For Engineering, Science And Technology luis W. alvarez University of California. Cech, Oldrich alvarez, luis W.Arabnia, Hamid R. Asija, S. Pal Axelsson, Owe Begley, Richard T. http://www.hofest.org/inductee.asp?id=17

37. National Academy Of Sciences - Deceased Member 3 Testing 1 .. 2 .. 3 Advanced Search. alvarez, luis W. Date of Birth,June 13, 1911. Elected to NAS, 1947. Date of Death, September 1, 1988. http://www4.nationalacademies.org/nas/nasdece.nsf/(urllinks)/NAS-58N24H?opendocu

38. Luis Walter Alvarez alvarez, luis W. alvarez The Adventures of a Physicist. (New York Basic Book, ©1987) luis W. alvarez. Milwaukee Raintree Publishers, ©1990 http://www.ceemast.csupomona.edu/nova/alverez.html

Luis Walter Alvarez At 18 years old Luis studied chemistry and math at the University of Chicago. Wanting to excel in his field, he chose physics, the subject he loved the most. Doing experiments was his favorite thing, and he invented new ways to measure, observe and test the physical laws of nature. He built machines as well. One of his firsts was called a Geiger Counter (invented by Hans Geiger) which measures radiation. In 1932, he received his Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Chicago. In 1934, he then received his Master of Science Degree. Lastly, he received his Ph.D. in 1936. In the same year, he joined the Radiation Laboratory of the University of California where he is currently a professor. Alvarez met Ernest Lawrence, one of the world's leading nuclear scientists, who invited him to work in his Radiation Laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley. Alvarez's job was to help run the cyclotron, a machine that studies atoms. Alvarez helped make many new important discoveries about atoms. In 1940, as a result of World War II, Alvarez and a group of scientists built a radar system to help guide airplanes through 'fog or darkness. In this system, a radio signal bounces off a lost plane and back to the sender of the signal, who then guides the plane safely to the ground.

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Search BookRags.com English History Other Subjects Essays Biographies Research Topics eBooks Register Login Help Literature Study Guides ... Games Welcome, Guest Why not Login or Register Biography Navigation Main Biography How to Cite Order the PDF Home Biography Luis W. Alvarez Main Biography Complete Biographical Resource See related items by keyword: chicago discovery nobel laureates proceeded ... dramatic discovery Name: Luis W. Alvarez Birth Date: June 13, 1911 Death Date: Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States Nationality: American Gender: Male Occupations: physicist Luis W. Alvarez Main Biography The importance and variety of the discoveries and contributions of Luis W. Alvarez (1911-1988) are perhaps unmatched by any other 20th-century physicist. He received many awards for his work over the years, including the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on a large liquid hydrogen bubble chamber. Alvarez will probably be best remembered by the public for ingenious experiments that applied physics to other sciences. He x-rayed Chephren's pyramid in Egypt using cosmic radiation, only to find that there were no undiscovered chambers inside. His application of elementary physics to the evidence on the John F. Kennedy assassination verified the Warren Commission finding that only a single assassin was involved. But perhaps his most dramatic discovery was made after his "retirement" by jumping into a totally new field, paleontology and geology. With collaborators that included his son, Walter, he analyzed a 65 million year old clay layer and showed that the great ecological catas.....

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