Morris Cohen
Morris Cohen · Science & Medicine
Materials scientist and metallurgist known for steel and phase transformations
1911, Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States — 2005, United States
United States (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Cohen was a materials scientist and metallurgist who spent his whole career at MIT, illuminating steel and the phase transformations — especially the martensitic transformation — that determine how metals can be strengthened and shaped, and helping turn metallurgy into a rigorous, physics-based science. He received the National Medal of Science and the Kyoto Prize. He was a Jewish American, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
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Materials scientist and metallurgist known for steel and phase transformations
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