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Melba Phillips

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Gender Female
Death20 years ago
Date of birth February 1,1907
Zodiac sign Aquarius
Born Hazleton
Indiana
United States
Date of died November 8,2004
DiedPetersburg
Indiana
United States
BooksPrinciples of Physical Science
Academic advisor J. Robert Oppenheimer
Education University of California, Berkeley
Oakland City University
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Melba Newell Phillips was an American physicist and pioneer science educator. One of the first doctoral students of J. Robert Oppenheimer at the University of California, Berkeley, Phillips completed her Ph. D. in 1933, a time when few women pursued careers in science.

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