
Chaim L. Pekeris
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 31 years ago |
Date of birth | June 15,1908 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Alytus |
Lithuania | |
Date of died | February 24,1993 |
Died | Rehovot |
Israel | |
Field | Geophysics |
Academic advisor | Carl-Gustaf Rossby |
Notable student | Amir Pnueli |
Awards | Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Israel Prize | |
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ID | 731659 |
Chaim L. Pekeris Life story
Chaim Leib Pekeris was an Israeli-American physicist and mathematician. He made notable contributions to geophysics and the spectral theory of many-electron atoms, in particular the Helium atom. He was also one of the designers of the first computer in Israel, WEIZAC.