Lewis M. Branscomb
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | Died this year |
| Date of birth | August 17,1926 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | Asheville |
| North Carolina | |
| United States | |
| Parents | Harvie Branscomb |
| Grandparents | Lewis C. Branscomb |
| Job | Physicist |
| Education | Harvard University |
| The Webb School | |
| Duke University | |
| Books | Taking technical risks : how innovators, executives, and investors manage high-tech risks |
| Informed Legislatures: Coping with Science in a Democracy | |
| Confessions of a technophile | |
| An analysis of South African science and technology policy | |
| Japanese Innovation Strategy: Technical Support for Business Visions | |
| In the National Interest: The Federal Government in the Reform of K-12 Math and Science Education : a Report of the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government | |
| Intellectual Property Issues in Software | |
| Died | Redwood City |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | May 31,2023 |
| Awards | William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement |
| Harvard Centennial Medal | |
| AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize | |
| Field | Physics |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 655727 |
Lewis M. Branscomb Life story
Lewis McAdory Branscomb was an American physicist, government policy advisor, and corporate research manager. He was best known for being head of the National Bureau of Standards and, later, chief scientist of IBM; and as a prolific writer on science policy issues.
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