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Chaim L. Pekeris

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Gender Male
Death30 years ago
Date of birth June 15,1908
Zodiac sign Gemini
Born Alytus
Lithuania
Date of died February 24,1993
DiedRehovot
Israel
Field Geophysics
Academic advisor Carl-Gustaf Rossby
Notable student Amir Pnueli
Awards Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
Israel Prize
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Chaim L. Pekeris Life story


Chaim Leib Pekeris was an Israeli-American physicist and mathematician. He made notable contributions to geophysics and the spectral theory of many-electron atoms, in particular the Helium atom. He was also one of the designers of the first computer in Israel, WEIZAC.

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