Jerrold Reinach Zacharias | |
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| Born | January 23, 1905 |
| Died | July 16, 1986 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Awards | Oersted Medal (1961) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | The temperature dependence of Young's modulus for nickel (1934) |
| Doctoral advisor | Shirley Leon Quimby[1] |
| Doctoral students | John G. King (1953), Rainer Weiss (1962) |
Jerrold Reinach Zacharias (January 23, 1905 – July 16, 1986) was an American physicist and institute professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,[2] as well as an education reformer. His scientific work was in the area of nuclear physics.
- ^ Jerrold Reinach Zacharias at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Feshbach, Herman; French, Anthony P.; Hill, Albert G.; King, John G. (July 1987). "Obituary: Jerrold Reinach Zacharias". Physics Today. 40 (7): 85–86. Bibcode:1987PhT....40g..85F. doi:10.1063/1.2820125. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04.