Edward Ginzton
Edward Ginzton · Science & Medicine
Physicist; microwave technology and medical linear accelerators
1915, Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire (now Dnipro, Ukraine) — 1998, Los Altos Hills, California, United States
United States (California) · Russian Empire
Edward Ginzton is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; microwave technology and medical linear accelerators
Edward Ginzton was a physicist and engineer central to microwave technology: he helped develop the klystron and, at Varian Associates, pioneered the medical linear accelerator that became a standard tool for treating cancer with radiation. He directed Stanford's Microwave Laboratory and chaired Varian. Born to a Jewish family in the Russian Empire and emigrating as a young man, he was of documented Jewish origin.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
Physicist; microwave technology and medical linear accelerators
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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