George Cowan
George Cowan · Science & Medicine
Manhattan Project radiochemist; founded the Santa Fe Institute; Fermi Award (1990)
1920, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States — 2012, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States
United States
George Cowan is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Manhattan Project radiochemist; founded the Santa Fe Institute; Fermi Award (1990)
George Cowan was a radiochemist who worked on the Manhattan Project and later pioneered techniques to analyse nuclear tests; he founded the Santa Fe Institute, a leading center for complexity science, and received the Enrico Fermi Award. He bridged chemistry, physics and interdisciplinary science. He was born into a Jewish immigrant family in Massachusetts.
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Manhattan Project radiochemist; founded the Santa Fe Institute; Fermi Award (1990)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Enrico Fermi Award
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