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David Pines

Who

David Pines · Science & Medicine

What

Physicist; many-body theory of electrons and plasmons

When

1924, Kansas City, Missouri, USA — 2018, Urbana, Illinois, USA

Where

United States

Biography

David Pines is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; many-body theory of electrons and plasmons

How & why

David Pines was an American theoretical physicist who, working with David Bohm, developed the modern many-body theory of interacting electrons and introduced the concept of the plasmon, the quantum of collective electron oscillation in metals. He was a founder of the Santa Fe Institute and a leader in the physics of complex systems. He was of Jewish heritage.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics

Contributions & Sources

Physicist; many-body theory of electrons and plasmons

1924

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics