Sidney Fernbach
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. .[1] In 1992, the Sidney Fernbach Award was established after his death.[2]
Awards[]
References[]
- ^ Murray, Charles (1997). The Supermen: The Story of Seymour Cray and the Technical Wizards Behind the Supercomputer. Wiley. p. 59. ISBN 978-0471048855.
- ^ IEEE Computer Society: Sidney Fernbach
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Categories:
- 1917 births
- 1991 deaths
- 20th-century American physicists
- Temple University alumni
- University of California, Berkeley alumni
- Fellows of the American Physical Society
- American physicist stubs