Biography:Benjamin Bederson
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Short description: American physicist (1921–2023)
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| Born | November 15, 1921 New York City , U.S. |
| Died | January 6, 2023 (aged 101) |
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Benjamin Bederson (November 15, 1921 – January 6, 2023) was an American physicist. He worked on the Manhattan Project.[1][2][3]
Background
Bederson graduated from City College of New York, Columbia University, and New York University.[4] He worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a dean at New York University.[5] From 1992 to 1996, he was an Editor-in-Chief of Physical Review.[6]
In 1959, Bederson was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society.[7]
Bederson died on January 6, 2023, at the age of 101.[8]
References
- ↑ "Benjamin Bederson" (in en). https://www.atomicheritage.org/profile/benjamin-bederson.
- ↑ "From Army Private to Atomic Physicist: Benjamin Bederson Got the Chance of a Lifetime" (in en). https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=26221.
- ↑ Barron, James (2015-07-26). "A Manhattan Project Veteran Had a Unique View of Atomic Bomb Work" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/27/nyregion/a-manhattan-project-veteran-reflects-on-his-atomic-bomb-work.html.
- ↑ "Bederson, Benjamin". https://history.aip.org/phn/11410017.html.
- ↑ "Seven Decades Ago, A New, Enormous Kind Of Explosion" (in en). https://www.npr.org/2015/07/17/423740547/seven-decades-ago-a-new-enormous-kind-of-explosion.
- ↑ "Bederson Succeeds Lazarus as APS Editor in Chief" (in en). Physics Today 45 (1): 61–62. 1992. doi:10.1063/1.2809490. ISSN 0031-9228. Bibcode: 1992PhT....45a..61.. http://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.2809490.
- ↑ "APS Fellow Archive" (in en). American Physical Society. https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=1959&unit_id=APS&institution=.
- ↑ "Dr. Benjamin Bederson Obituary: November 15, 1921 — January 6, 2023". http://www.bederson.org/benjamin-bederson-obituary.html.
External links
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- No openlibrary ID.
- Benjamin Bederson's Interview (2018) — Voices of the Manhattan Project
- Physics History Network: Benjamin Bederson
- Ben Bederson, The Manhattan Project, 2020 — The National WWII Museum
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