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2. Mai 2024 · In den späten 1970er Jahren arbeitete ein Forschungsteam der Universität Berkeley um den Physiker Luis Walter Alvarez und dessen Sohn, den Geologen Walter Alvarez, an der Magnetostratigraphie von Meeresablagerungen der Oberkreide und des Paläogens nahe der Ortschaft Gubbio in der mittelitalienischen Region Umbrien.
10. Mai 2024 · Walter Alvarez is an American geologist and expert on plate tectonics and mountain formation, best known for the so-called asteroid theory—put forward by Alvarez and his father, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Luis Alvarez, in the 1980s—which states that the impact of an asteroid on Earth may have.
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2. Mai 2024 · 1937: Luis Walter Alvarez (1911–1988): Nachweis des K-Einfangs. 1937: Carl David Anderson (1905–1991): Nachweis von Mesonen in der Höhenstrahlung. 1937: Emilio Gino Segrè (1905–1989) stellt erstmals das künstliche Element Technetium mit Z=43 her.
Vor 3 Tagen · As originally proposed in 1980 by a team of scientists led by Luis Alvarez and his son Walter, it is now generally thought that the K–Pg extinction was caused by the impact of a massive asteroid 10 to 15 km (6 to 9 mi) wide, 66 million years ago, which devastated the global environment, mainly through a lingering impact winter which halted photosynthesis in plants and plankton.
Vor 5 Tagen · Luis Walter Alvarez was a brilliant physicist whose curiosity and innovative thinking led him to make groundbreaking contributions to science. Born in 1911, Alvarez's career spanned several decades during which he delved into various fields of physics , including particle physics, radar technology, and even the study of Egyptian ...
5. Mai 2024 · In collaboration with his son, geologist Walter Alvarez, Luis Alvarez put forth the hypothesis that a massive asteroid impact caused the extinction event approximately 66 million years ago. This theory gained widespread acceptance and revolutionized our understanding of Earth’s history.
2. Mai 2024 · Nach dem Krieg ging er nach Berkeley, wo er mit Luis Walter Alvarez und Wolfgang Panofsky am Aufbau des Linearbeschleunigers für Protonen mitwirkte. 1947 wurde er Assistant Professor an der University of Minnesota.
