What is Luis Walter Alvarez?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Luis Walter Alvarez | image = LWA Picture Final.jpg | caption = Alvarez in 1961 | birth_date = {{birth date|1911|6|13 | mf=y}} | birth_place = [[San Francisco, California]], US | death_date = {{death date and age|1988|9|1|1911|1|13}} | death_place = [[Berkeley, California]], US | citizenship = | nationality = American | field = [[Physics]] | alma_mater = [[University of Chicago]] | doctoral_advisor = [[Arthur Compton]] | known_for = [[Accelerator mass spectrometry]]<br>[[Alvarez hypothesis]]<br>[[AN/CPS-1]]<br>[[Electron capture]]<br>[[Exploding-bridgewire detonator]]<br>[[Ground-controlled approach]]<br>[[Linear particle accelerator]]<br>[[Liquid hydrogen]] [[bubble chamber]]<br>[[Muon-catalyzed fusion]]<br>[[Muography#First_muogram|Muon tomography]]<br>Isolation of [[helium-3]]<br>Isolation of [[tritium]]<br>Measurement of [[neutron magnetic moment]] | work_institution = [[University of California, Berkeley]] | prizes = {{nowrap|[[Collier Trophy]] {{small|(1945)}}<br>[[Medal for Merit]] {{small|(1947)}}<br />[[John Scott Medal]] {{small|(1953)}}<br />[[Albert Einstein Award]] {{small|(1961)}}<br>[[National Medal of Science]] {{small|(1963)}}<br />[[Pioneer Award (Aviation)|Pioneer Award]] {{small|(1963)}}<br/>[[Michelson–Morley Award]] {{small|(1965)}} <br />[[Nobel Prize in Physics]] {{small|(1968)}}<br />[[Enrico Fermi Award]] {{small|(1987)}}}} | spouse = {{marriage|Geraldine Smithwick|1936|1957<!-- approximate --> | reason=divorced}}<br />{{marriage|Janet L. Landis|1958}} | signature = Luis Alvarez signature.jpg }} '''Luis Walter Alvarez''' (June 13, 1911 – September 1, 1988) was an American [[experimental physicist]], [[inventor]], and [[professor]]. He was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] in 1968. {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Alvarez, Luis}} [[Category:1911 births]] [[Category:1988 deaths]] {{US-bio-stub}}