Re: Course help: names of physicists

[George Spagna <gspagna@rmc.edu>]

At 07:13 PM 7/16/96 EDT, Ari Epstein wrote:
> Would readers of phys-l mind sending me additional
> suggestions? Subjects could be living or dead, and I'm hoping to
> include at least a few people who've done physics outside traditional
> academic physics departments (e.g. people working on the physics of
> climate, people who've worked primarily in industry, etc.).

It might be useful if you could post a list of those names you already have.
But  ...

my "favorites" include:  the Oppenheimers (Robert and Frank), Hans Bethe,
George Gamow, Ralph Alpher, Chandrasekhar (sp??), William Fowler, Margaret
Burbidge, etc.

Of course, I'm biased towards astrophysicists  ...
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