Robert G. Sachs | |
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 Robert G. Sachs (right) with Atomic Energy Commission chair Dixy Lee Ray. | |
| Born | Robert Green Sachs May 4, 1916 |
| Died | April 14, 1999 (aged 82) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University |
| Known for | nuclear physics, terminal ballistics, and nuclear power reactors |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Nuclear spins and magnetic moments by the alpha-particle model (1939) |
| Doctoral advisor | Maria Goeppert-Mayer |
| Doctoral students | Gene Amdahl Anatole Boris Volkov Kameshwar C. Wali |
| Other notable students | Frederick J. Ernst |
Robert G. Sachs (May 4, 1916 – April 14, 1999) was an American theoretical physicist, a founder and a director of the Argonne National Laboratory.[1][2][3] Sachs was also notable for his work in theoretical nuclear physics, terminal ballistics, and nuclear power reactors.[3][4] Sachs was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences,[3] chairman of the Academy's Physics Section,[3] chairman of the Academy's Class I (Physical and Mathematical Sciences),[3] and director of the Enrico Fermi Institute of the University of Chicago.[3][4] Sachs was the author of the standard textbook Nuclear Theory (1953).[3]
