Robert G. Sachs Contents Notable honors and awards Life and career References Further reading External links Navigation menu"Robert Sachs, Theoretical Physicist, Dies at 82""Robert Sachs, Professor Emeritus in Physics, dies at age 82"Robert Green Sachs10.17226/10992"Robert Green Sachs – Honorary Degree Recipient"the original1999PhT....52h..79H10.1063/1.8827951988Sci...240.1068S10.1126/science.240.4855.1068177317371954Sci...120..301G10.1126/science.120.3112.301-aRobert G. SachsSachs, Robert Green, 1916-cb12354951b(data)1381912390000 0001 1036 1596n79082179210132w6n87wzf06179707350071845007184

1916 births1999 deaths20th-century American physicistsPurdue University facultyUniversity of Chicago facultyJohns Hopkins University alumniMembers of the United States National Academy of SciencesPeople from Hagerstown, MarylandTheoretical physicistsGuggenheim Fellows


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Robert G. Sachs

Dixy Lee Ray and Robert Sachs.jpg
Robert G. Sachs (right) with Atomic Energy Commission chair Dixy Lee Ray.

Born
Robert Green Sachs


(1916-05-04)May 4, 1916
Hagerstown, Maryland

DiedApril 14, 1999(1999-04-14) (aged 82)
Hyde Park, Chicago

CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materJohns Hopkins University
Known for
nuclear physics, terminal ballistics, and nuclear power reactors
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
Institutions

  • Argonne National Laboratory

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

  • University of Chicago

Thesis
Nuclear spins and magnetic moments by the alpha-particle model (1939)
Doctoral advisorMaria Goeppert-Mayer
Doctoral studentsGene Amdahl
Other notable studentsFrederick J. Ernst
InfluencesEdward Teller

Robert G. Sachs (May 4, 1916 – April 14, 1999) was an American theoretical physicist, a founder and a director of the Argonne National Laboratory.[1][2][3]
Sachs was also notable for his work in theoretical nuclear physics, terminal ballistics, and nuclear power reactors.[3][4][4]
Sachs was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences,[3] chairman of the Academy's Physics Section,[3] chairman of the Academy's Class I (Physical and Mathematical Sciences),[3] and director of the Enrico Fermi Institute of the University of Chicago.[3][4]
Sachs was the author of the standard textbook Nuclear Theory (1953).[3]




Contents





  • 1 Notable honors and awards


  • 2 Life and career


  • 3 References


  • 4 Further reading


  • 5 External links




Notable honors and awards



  • Guggenheim fellow[3]

  • honorary Ph.D., Purdue University (1967)[3][4]

  • elected a member to the National Academy of Sciences (1971)[3]

  • honorary Ph.D., University of Illinois (1977)[3]

  • honorary Ph.D., Elmhurst College (1987)[3]


Life and career


  • Born in Hagerstown, Maryland

  • Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1939


References




  1. ^ Nagourney, Eric (April 17, 1999). "Robert Sachs, Theoretical Physicist, Dies at 82". The New York Times. Retrieved August 27, 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ "Robert Sachs, Professor Emeritus in Physics, dies at age 82". University of Chicago Chronicle. 18 (15). April 29, 1999. Retrieved 2016-11-09.


  3. ^ abcdefghijkl Wali, Kameschwar C. (2004). Robert Green Sachs (PDF). Biographical Memoirs. 84. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. pp. 321–346. doi:10.17226/10992. Retrieved 2016-11-09.


  4. ^ abcd "Robert Green Sachs – Honorary Degree Recipient". Purdue University. Archived from the original on July 22, 2013. Retrieved August 27, 2013.




Further reading


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  • Hildebrand, Roger; Winstein, Bruce; Wali, Kameshwar (August 1999). "Robert Green Sachs". Physics Today. American Institute of Physics. 52 (8): 79–81. Bibcode:1999PhT....52h..79H. doi:10.1063/1.882795.


  • Kabir, P. K. (May 20, 1988). "Departures from Symmetry". Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 240 (4855): 1068–1069. Bibcode:1988Sci...240.1068S. doi:10.1126/science.240.4855.1068. PMID 17731737.


  • Snell, Arthur (August 20, 1954). "Book Reviews". Science. AAAS. 120 (3112): 301. Bibcode:1954Sci...120..301G. doi:10.1126/science.120.3112.301-a.



External links



  • Robert G. Sachs - Mathematics Genealogy


  • Sachs, Robert Green, 1916- at Physics History Network, American Institute of Physics







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