About Sidney Fernbach
Lived 1917 – 1991 (aged 73). Sidney Fernbach was an American physicist.
Sidney Fernbach (1917, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1991) was an American physicist.
Life Fernbach studied physics at Temple University and the University of California, Berkeley. He worked as a physicist in the USA. Starting in 1952, he worked at the University of California Radiation Laboratory using computers to research nuclear weapons.
He was the originating editor of the book series Methods in Computational Physics and also of The Journal of Computational Physics. In 1992, the Sidney Fernbach Award was established after his death.
Awards 1987: W. Wallace McDowell Award
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Who was Sidney Fernbach?
American physicist
When was Sidney Fernbach born?
Sidney Fernbach was born on 4 August 1917 in Philadelphia.
When did Sidney Fernbach die?
Sidney Fernbach died on 15 February 1991.
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Sidney Fernbach was a physicist.
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Sidney Fernbach was American.
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