Robert G. Sachs
| Robert G. Sachs | |
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Robert G. Sachs (right) with Atomic Energy Commission chair Dixy Lee Ray.
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| Born | Robert Green Sachs May 4, 1916 Hagerstown, Maryland |
| Died | April 14, 1999 (aged 82) Hyde Park, Chicago |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Fields | Theoretical physics |
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| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University |
| Thesis | Nuclear spins and magnetic moments by the alpha-particle model (1939) |
| Doctoral advisor | Maria Goeppert-Mayer |
| Doctoral students | Gene Amdahl |
| Known for | nuclear physics, terminal ballistics, and nuclear power reactors |
| Influences | Edward Teller |
Robert G. Sachs (May 4, 1916 – April 14, 1999) was an American theoretical physicist, a founder and a director of the Argonne National Laboratory. Sachs was also notable for his work in theoretical nuclear physics, terminal ballistics, and nuclear power reactors. Sachs was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences, chairman of the Academy's Physics Section, chairman of the Academy's Class I (Physical and Mathematical Sciences), and director of the Enrico Fermi Institute of the University of Chicago. Sachs was the author of the standard textbook Nuclear Theory (1953).
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