Andrew Sessler
Andrew Sessler · Science & Medicine
Physicist; accelerator physics and human rights advocacy
1928, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 2014, Oakland, California, United States
United States (California)
Andrew Sessler is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; accelerator physics and human rights advocacy
Andrew Sessler was an accelerator physicist who advanced the theory of particle beams, co-invented mechanisms used in modern colliders and free-electron lasers, and directed Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He was also a prominent human-rights advocate who campaigned for persecuted scientists, notably Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov. Born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, he was of documented Jewish origin.
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Physicist; accelerator physics and human rights advocacy
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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