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Robert Hofstadter
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Robert Hofstadter was born on 1915-02-05 and died on 1990-11-17. He was a recipient of the Nobel Prize, with a count of 1 award. His Erdős number is 5.
He is recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Physics collection, the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, and the National Medal Of Science collection.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physics1961
“for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his thereby achieved discoveries concerning the structure of the nucleons”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Stanford
- Child
- Douglas Hofstadter
- Occupation
- astrophysicist
- Educated at
- DeWitt Clinton High School
- Employer
- Stanford University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- physics
- Image
- Robert Hofstadter.jpg
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- Robert Hofstadter
- date of birth
- 1915-02-05
- date of death
- 1990-11-17
- Erdős number
- 5
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- name in native language
- Robert Hofstadter
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- interested in
- physics
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Encyclopedic overview
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
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