Roberts, Richard B. (Richard Brooke), 1910-

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Biophysicist. Physicist and staff member of the Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 1943-1963; staff member, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, 1963-1979.

From the description of Autobiography of Richard Brooks Roberts, 1910-1979, 1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81936566

Biophysicist. Died 1980.

From the description of Papers, 1939-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84008679

Physicist and biophysicist. Participated in the experiment in which the splitting of the uranium atom was first observed in 1939. At the time, he was a Fellow at the Carnegie Institution in Washington, D.C. Died 1980.

From the description of Notebook, 1938-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83382566

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creatorOf Roberts, Richard B. (Richard Brooke), 1910-. Papers, 1939-1977. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Shrader (Firm : Little Rock, Ark.),. Russell C. Roberts [forward facing, View 1] [graphic] / Shrader [photographer]. Arkansas History Commission
referencedIn History of physics manuscript biography collection M-R, 1901-1989, [ca. ca. 1960]-1989 (bulk) New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics. Letters to Spencer Weart, director of the Center for History of Physics, 1975-1978. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Shrader (Firm : Little Rock, Ark.),. Russell C. Roberts [forward facing] [graphic] / Shrader [photographer]. Arkansas History Commission
referencedIn Shrader (Firm : Little Rock, Ark.),. Russell C. Roberts [graphic] / Shrader [photographer]. Arkansas History Commission
referencedIn Fraser, Lorence. Oral History interview with Lorence Fraser, 1983 March 9. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Shrader (Firm : Little Rock, Ark.),. Russell C. Roberts [graphic] / Shrader [photographer]. Arkansas History Commission
creatorOf Roberts, Richard Brooke, 1910-1980. Autobiography of Richard Brooks Roberts, 1910-1979, 1979. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Shrader (Firm : Little Rock, Ark.),. Russell C. Roberts [graphic] / Shrader [photographer]. Arkansas History Commission
creatorOf Roberts, Richard B. (Richard Brooke), 1910-. Notebook, 1938-1939. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
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United States
Subject
Arms control
Atoms
Fire control (Naval gunnery)
Guided missiles
Proximity fuzes
Radar
World War, 1939-1945
Occupation
Biophysicists
Physicists
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Birth 1910

Death 1980-04-04

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