Philip Morrison
Philip Morrison · Science & Medicine
Physicist; astrophysics, gamma-ray astronomy and SETI
1915, Somerville, New Jersey, United States — 2005, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
United States (Massachusetts, New Mexico)
Philip Morrison is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; astrophysics, gamma-ray astronomy and SETI
Philip Morrison was an astrophysicist who worked on the Manhattan Project, then became a leader in gamma-ray astronomy and a founder of the modern search for extraterrestrial intelligence (his 1959 paper with Cocconi proposed radio SETI). A gifted teacher and science communicator at MIT, he narrated 'Powers of Ten.' He was of documented Jewish origin, born to a Jewish family in New Jersey.
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Physicist; astrophysics, gamma-ray astronomy and SETI
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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