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Gerhart Friedlander

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Gerhart Friedlander · Science & Medicine

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Nuclear chemist known for studies of nuclear reactions

When

1916, Munich, Germany — 2009, San Diego, California, USA

Where

Germany · United States

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Gerhart Friedlander is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Nuclear chemist known for studies of nuclear reactions

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Gerhart Friedlander was a nuclear chemist who studied nuclear reactions and radioactive isotopes and co-authored the standard textbook 'Nuclear and Radiochemistry'; he worked on the Manhattan Project and later led chemistry at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Born in Munich to a Jewish family, he fled Nazi Germany and emigrated to the United States.

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Nuclear chemist known for studies of nuclear reactions

1916

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry