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Ladislas Goldstein

1906 – 1994

Hungarian-American physicist

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About Ladislas Goldstein

Lived 1906 – 1994 (aged 88). Ladislas Goldstein was a Hungarian physicist, engineer and nuclear physicist.

Ladislas Goldstein (February 6, 1906 – July 15, 1994) was professor of electrical engineering at the University of Illinois (1951–72) and visiting professor of physics at the University of Paris-Orsay (1957–58, 1963–64, 1967–68). He was born in Dombrád, Kingdom of Hungary.

He received the BS degree from the College of the City of Nagyvárad, the MS degree from the University of Paris (1928), and a DSc in nuclear physics from the University of Paris (1937).

His research concentrated on the field of nuclear physics. He was notable for the application of gas-discharge phenomena in microwave physics, microwave propagation in free electron media, and infrared detection.

In 1956 he was elected to Fellow of the IEEE. He won the 1958 MTT prize.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
University of Paris
Employers
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship; IEEE Fellow

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Ladislas Goldstein's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Ladislas Goldstein?

Hungarian-American physicist

When was Ladislas Goldstein born?

Ladislas Goldstein was born on 6 February 1906 in Dombrád.

When did Ladislas Goldstein die?

Ladislas Goldstein died on 15 July 1994.

What was Ladislas Goldstein's occupation?

Ladislas Goldstein was a physicist, engineer and nuclear physicist.

What nationality was Ladislas Goldstein?

Ladislas Goldstein was Hungarian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ladislas Goldstein

· Wikidata: Q6469614

· DBpedia: Ladislas Goldstein

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