Richard Garwin
Richard Garwin · Science & Medicine
Physicist; designed the first hydrogen bomb and wide-ranging applied physics
1928, Cleveland, Ohio, United States — 2025, Scarsdale, New York, United States
United States
Richard Garwin is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; designed the first hydrogen bomb and wide-ranging applied physics
Richard Garwin was an American physicist who, at age 23, produced the actual design of the first hydrogen bomb tested in 1952, and went on to contribute to technologies ranging from MRI and touchscreens to GPS and reconnaissance satellites while advising presidents on national security and arms control. He received the National Medal of Science (2002) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016). Garwin was born into a Jewish family in Cleveland.
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Physicist; designed the first hydrogen bomb and wide-ranging applied physics
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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