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Marvin Chodorow

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Marvin Chodorow · Science & Medicine

What

Physicist; microwave electronics and klystrons

When

1913, Buffalo, New York, USA — 2005, Portola Valley, California, USA

Where

United States (Stanford University)

Biography

Marvin Chodorow is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; microwave electronics and klystrons

How & why

Marvin Chodorow was an American physicist at Stanford who advanced microwave electronics and was a leading authority on the klystron amplifier, work central to radar and particle accelerators. He co-authored a foundational textbook on microwave tubes and led Stanford's Microwave Laboratory. Born to a Jewish family, he is documented among Jewish physicists.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics

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Contributions & Sources

Physicist; microwave electronics and klystrons

1913

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics