Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1940
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Ḳetsad neʻelmu ha-Dinozaʾurim
- T. Rex and the Crater of Doom
- A most improbable journey
- T. rex and the crater of doom
- The idea of a community of scholars
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 49
- Total plays
- 202
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields
· 1983 · cited 31,472x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,760x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,947x
- The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 13,444x
- A logical calculus of the ideas immanent in nervous activity
· 1943 · cited 13,214x
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Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- b. 1940
- Nationality
- US
- Role / Field
- Geofizycy, Geofizyka
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 19 libraries
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Family name
- Álvarez
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Berkeley
- Father
- Luis Walter Alvarez
- Occupation
- paleontologist
- Educated at
- Carleton College
- Employer
- Columbia University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Image
- Walter Alvarez at the 97th Annual Faculty Research Lectures, University of California Berkeley.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1940-10-03
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- Commons category
- Walter Alvarez
- Erdős number
- 5
- archives at
- Carleton College
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