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Benjamin Bederson

Benjamin Bederson

American physicist (1921–2023)

Benjamin Bederson (November 15, 1921 – January 6, 2023) was an American physicist. He worked on the Manhattan Project.[1][2][3]

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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]


Bederson at the Second International Conference on Research and Communications in Physics

References

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    "Benjamin Bederson". Atomic Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
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    "From Army Private to Atomic Physicist: Benjamin Bederson Got the Chance of a Lifetime". Brookhaven National Laboratory. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
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    Barron, James (2015-07-26). "A Manhattan Project Veteran Had a Unique View of Atomic Bomb Work". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
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    "Bederson, Benjamin". history.aip.org. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
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    "Seven Decades Ago, A New, Enormous Kind Of Explosion". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
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    "Bederson Succeeds Lazarus as APS Editor in Chief". Physics Today. 45 (1): 61–62. 1992. Bibcode:1992PhT....45a..61.. doi:10.1063/1.2809490. ISSN 0031-9228.
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    "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. American Physical Society. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
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    "Dr. Benjamin Bederson Obituary: November 15, 1921 — January 6, 2023". www.bederson.org. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
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