David Schramm
David Schramm · Science & Medicine
Astrophysicist; Big Bang nucleosynthesis
1945, St. Louis, Missouri, United States — 1997, near Denver, Colorado, United States
United States
David Schramm is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Astrophysicist; Big Bang nucleosynthesis
David Norman Schramm was an American astrophysicist and one of the leading authorities on Big Bang nucleosynthesis, using the primordial abundances of light elements to constrain dark matter and the number of neutrino families. He spent his career at the University of Chicago and died in a private-plane crash in 1997. No Jewish heritage is documented for him in public biographical sources.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
Astrophysicist; Big Bang nucleosynthesis
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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