Lewi Tonks | |
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| Born | 1897 |
| Died | July 30, 1971 (aged 73–74) |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Known for | Plasma oscillation Tonks–Girardeau gas |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | General Electric |
Lewi Tonks (1897–July 30, 1971) was an American physicist who worked for General Electric on microwaves, plasma physics and nuclear reactors. Under Irving Langmuir, his work pioneered the study of plasma oscillations. He is also noted for the noted for his discovery (with Marvin D. Girardeau) of the Tonks–Girardeau gas.
Nuclear physicist Arthur Edward Ruark once said that "any international conference on plasma physics and controlled thermonuclear research without Lewi Tonks present would be something like Hamlet without the ghost, and without Hamlet".[1]
- ^ Weisel, Gary J. (2008). "Properties and Phenomena: Basic Plasma Physics and Fusion Research in Postwar America". Physics in Perspective. 10 (4): 396–437. doi:10.1007/s00016-007-0371-1. ISSN 1422-6944.