John Blatt
John Blatt · Science & Medicine
Theoretical physicist; nuclear physics and superconductivity
1921, Vienna, Austria — 1990, Sydney, Australia
Austria · United States · Australia
John Blatt is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Theoretical physicist; nuclear physics and superconductivity
Blatt was a theoretical physicist known for the standard reference 'Theoretical Nuclear Physics' (1952, with Victor Weisskopf) and for work on superconductivity and the theory of many-body systems. He later helped build applied mathematics at the University of New South Wales in Australia. Born into a Viennese Jewish family, he emigrated after the Nazi annexation of Austria and pursued his career in the United States and Australia.
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Theoretical physicist; nuclear physics and superconductivity
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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