Amos de-Shalit
| Amos de-Shalit | |
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| Born |
September 29, 1926 Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine |
| Died | September 2, 1969 (aged 42) Israel |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Fields | Nuclear Physics |
| Institutions | Weizmann Institute of Science |
| Alma mater |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem ETH Zurich |
| Known for | Nuclear Shell Model |
Amos de-Shalit (Hebrew: עמוס דה-שליט; September 29, 1926 – September 2, 1969) was an Israeli nuclear physicist and Israel Prize laureate.
Amos de-Shalit was born in 1926 in Jerusalem in the Palestine Mandate. He grew up in Tel Aviv and graduated from Gymnasia Balfour. In 1949, de-Shalit earned his master's degree in physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem under the guidance of Giulio Racah. During the Israeli War of Independence, he served in the IDF Science Corps. De-Shalit and his fellow students wrote a letter to Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion to point out the vital importance of nuclear physics for Israel's future. In 1951, he earned his doctorate from the ETH Zurich in Switzerland. From 1952 to 1954, he was a research fellow at Princeton University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology and spent some time at the Saclay Atomic Research Institute in France.
In 1954, de-Shalit was asked to establish the Department of Nuclear Physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science, which he headed for ten years. While working at the Weizmann Institute, he also served as a consultant to the Israel Ministry of Defense. From 1961 to 1963, de-Shalit served as science director of the Weizmann Institute and from 1966 to 1969, he served as the Institute's Chief Executive/General Manager.
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