National Medal of Science Awarded
1962 National Medal of Science Awarded
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Theodore von KarmanTheodore von Karman was a Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist who was active primarily in the fields of aeronautics and astronautics. Born in.. | Engineering |
Budapest Budapest Hungary |
1963 National Medal of Science Awarded
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Vannevar BushVannevar Bush was an American engineer and science administrator known for his work on analog computing, his political role in the development of the atomic bomb as a primary organizer of th.. | Science and Engineering |
New York City New York United States |
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John R. PierceJohn Robinson Pierce, was an American engineer and author. He worked extensively in the fields of radio communication, microwave technology, computer music, psychoacoustics.. | Science and Engineering |
Sunnyvale California United States |
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Norbert WienerNorbert Wiener was an American mathematician and philosopher. He was Professor of Mathematics at MIT. Norbert Wiener was born in 1894, on November 26, in Columbia (Missouri). His father, Leo.. | Mathematics |
United West Virginia United States |
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Luis Walter AlvarezLuis Walter Alvarez was an American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physicsin 1968. The American Journal of Physics commented, "Luis Alvare.. | Physics |
United Pennsylvania United States |
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C. B. van NielCornelius Bernardus Van Niel was a Dutch-American microbiologist. He introduced the study of general microbiology to the United States and made key discoveries explaining the chemistry of ph.. | Biology |
United Pennsylvania United States |
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Theodore von KarmanTheodore von Karman was a Hungarian-born engineer and physicist who was active primarily in the fields of aeronautics during the seminal era in the 1940s and 1950s. Von Karman was born in Bu.. | Science and Engineering |
United Pennsylvania United States |