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Donald A. Glaser

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Glaser in 1960

Donald Arthur Glaser(September 21, 1926 – February 28, 2013) was anAmericanphysicistandneurobiologistof Jewish descent. He won the 1960Nobel Prize in Physicsfor his invention of thebubble chamberused insubatomic particlephysics.

Glaser was born on September 21, 1926 inCleveland, Ohio.He studied atCase Western Universityand at theCalifornia Institute of Technology.Glaser was married to Ruth Bonnie Thompson from 1960 until they divorced in c. 1970. Then he was married to Lynn Bercovitz from 1975 until his death in 2013. Glaser died on February 28, 2013 in his home inBerkeley,Californiafrom natural causes, aged 86.[1]

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  1. Sanders, Robert (March 1, 2013)."Physics Nobelist and biotech pioneer Donald Glaser dies at 86".Newscenter.berkeley.edu.Retrieved2013-03-02.

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