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Amos de Shalit

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Amos de Shalit · Science & Medicine

What

Physicist; nuclear structure theory, founder of Israeli physics

When

1926, Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine — 1969, Rehovot, Israel

Where

Israel · Switzerland · United States

Biography

Amos de Shalit is recognized among Israeli contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; nuclear structure theory, founder of Israeli physics

How & why

Amos de-Shalit was an Israeli nuclear physicist who helped build the Weizmann Institute's physics department into a world-class center and co-authored a foundational text on nuclear shell structure. A pioneering figure of Israeli science, he was Jewish and deeply committed to international scientific cooperation. He is regarded as a founder of physics research in Israel.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics

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Physicist; nuclear structure theory, founder of Israeli physics

1926

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics