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Theoretical physicist
Robert G. Sachs
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Theoretical physicist
A.K.A.
Robert Green Sachs
Robert Sachs
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Hagerstown
Place of death
University of Chicago Medical Center
Age
83 years
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Biography
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).
Notable honors and awards
- Guggenheim fellow
- honorary Ph.D., Purdue University (1967)
- elected a member to the National Academy of Sciences (1971)
- honorary Ph.D., University of Illinois (1977)
- honorary Ph.D., Elmhurst College (1987)
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Life and career
- Born in Hagerstown, Maryland
- Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1939
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