Robert Hofstadter
American physicist and Nobel laureate (1915-1990)
AI overview
Robert Hofstadter was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking work using electron scattering to reveal the internal structure of atomic nuclei. His discoveries fundamentally advanced our understanding of how matter is organized at the smallest scales.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1915
- Works
- 3
Top works
- The atomic nucleus
- Electron scattering and nuclear and nucleon structure
- Foundations for excellence in the chemical process industries
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 94,941x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 55,880x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 45,532x
~6 min read
Article
Robert Hofstadter (February 5, 1915 – November 17, 1990) was an American physicist. He was the joint winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics (together with Rudolf Mössbauer) "for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his consequent discoveries concerning the structure of nucleons".
Biography
Connections
Categories
1915 births1990 deaths20th-century American Jews20th-century American physicistsAmerican experimental physicistsAmerican Nobel laureatesAmerican nuclear physicistsAmerican people of German-Jewish descentAmerican people of Polish-Jewish descentCity College of New York alumniFellows of the American Physical SocietyJewish American physicists