Ernst W. Hamburger
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Ernst W. Hamburger | |
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Born | Ernst Wolfgang Hamburger 8 June 1933 |
Died | 4 July 2018 | (aged 85)
Nationality | Brazilian |
Alma mater | University of São Paulo |
Spouse(s) | (?–2011; deceased spouse; 5 children, one of them is Cao Hamburger) |
Awards | Kalinga Prize José Reis Award for the Divulgation of Science Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit |
Ernst Wolfgang Hamburger (8 June 1933 – 4 July 2018) was a German-born Brazilian physicist and popularizer of science. Hamburger was internationally known for his activities regarding public understanding of science. He was the director of , an interactive science museum in São Paulo. He won the UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science,[1] the José Reis Award for the Divulgation of Science, the medal of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit, and was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
Biography[]
Born in Berlin on 8 June 1933, Hamburger fled from the Nazis with his parents to Brazil when he was three years old.[2] He studied physics at the University of São Paulo and joined its faculty (Institute of Physics) soon after his graduation, in 1960, and retired as a full professor of physics. Hamburger was married to Amélia I. Hamburger (d. 2011), also a physicist and colleague at the university. They had five children. One of them, Cao Hamburger, is a film and TV director and scriptwriter.
Hamburger died on 4 July 2018, in São Paulo, of lymphoma,[3] at the age of 85.
References[]
- ^ "Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science". UNESCO press. 19 January 2001. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012.
- ^ Ernst Hamburger: A courageous São Paulo citizen, Pesquisa FAPESP magazine, Jan.2014, Ed.215
- ^ "Morre, aos 85, o físico e professor da USP Ernst Hamburger, em São Paulo". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- 1933 births
- 2018 deaths
- Brazilian Jews
- Brazilian physicists
- Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Brazil
- University of São Paulo faculty
- University of São Paulo alumni
- Commanders of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil)
- Members of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
- German emigrants to Brazil
- Science communicators
- Brazilian scientist stubs