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Science & Medicine

Edward Ginzton

Who

Edward Ginzton · Science & Medicine

What

Physicist; microwave technology and medical linear accelerators

When

1915, Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire (now Dnipro, Ukraine) — 1998, Los Altos Hills, California, United States

Where

United States (California) · Russian Empire

Biography

Edward Ginzton is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; microwave technology and medical linear accelerators

How & why

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

Contributions & Sources

Physicist; microwave technology and medical linear accelerators

1915

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics