James Rainwater
James Rainwater
Leo James Rainwaterwas an American physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975 for his part in determining the asymmetrical shapes of certain atomic nuclei...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth9 December 1917
CountryUnited States of America
James Rainwater quotes about
cal chemistry competition due given graduating mainly open physics record
Due mainly to my record on an open chemistry competition given by Cal Tech, I was admitted, graduating in 1939 as a physics major.
neutrons nucleus research
The research included neutron resonance spectroscopy, the angular distribution of pion elastic and inelastic scattering on nuclei with optical model fitting.
father epidemics influenza
My father, who had previously been a civil engineer, died in the great influenza epidemic of 1918.
understanding suggestions nuclear
The Maria Mayer shell model suggestion in 1949 was a great triumph and fitted my belief that a nuclear shell model should represent a proper approach to understanding nuclear structure.
school chemistry physics
In my schooling through high school, I excelled mainly in chemistry, physics and mathematics.