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Luis Walter Alvarez
American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor (1911–1988).
Born June 13th, 1911 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1988 at 77 years old in Berkeley (lung cancer). [ref]
Occupations
inventor, nuclear physicist, physicist, university teacher
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