Alvarez, Luis Walter

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Portrait of Luis Walter Alvarez
Luis Walter Alvarez
Name
Alvarez, Luis WalterGender: M
born on 13 June 1911 at 02:45 (= 02:45 AM )
Place San Francisco CA, USA, 37n46, 122w25
Timezone PST h8w (is standard time)
Data source
Quoted BC/BRRodden Rating AA
Astrology data 21°18' 08°04 Asc. 15°05'



Biography

American physicist and Nobel Prize winner 1968 for his work on the liquid-hydrogen bubble chamber. He contributed to the science of radar and gained a nick-name of "the prize wild-idea man" due his many eclectic interests, ranging from particle physics and theories on the extinction of dinosaurs to the use of cosmic rays to search for hidden treasure in an Egyptian pyramid.

Died of cancer 9/01/1988, Berkeley, CA

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Events

  • Work : Prize 1968 (Nobel Prize)
  • Death by Disease 1 September 1988 (Cancer, age 77)

Source Notes

Contemporary American Horoscopes, Gauquelin Book of American Charts

Categories

  • Vocation : Science : Physics
  • Notable : Awards : Nobel prize (Nobel Prize)
  • Notable : Extraordinary Talents : For Abstract thought
  • Traits : Mind : Exceptional mind
  • Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer (Terminal)

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