What is Ernest J. Sternglass?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Ernest Joachim Sternglass | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|9|24}} | birth_place = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|2|12|1923|9|24}} | death_place = [[Ithaca, New York]], [[United States]] | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = German, American | field = [[Physics]] | work_institution = [[Naval Ordnance Laboratory]]<br>[[Westinghouse Research Laboratories]]<br>[[University of Pittsburgh]]<br>[[Radiation and Public Health Project]] | alma_mater = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = | author_abbreviation_bot = | author_abbreviation_zoo = | prizes = | religion = | footnotes = }} '''Ernest Joachim Sternglass''' (September 24, 1923 – February 12, 2015) was an [[Germans|German]]-[[Americans|American]] physicist and writer. He was the emeritus professor at the [[University of Pittsburgh]] and Director of the [[Radiation and Public Health Project]]. Sternglass was best known for his controversial research on the health risks of low-level [[radiation]] from [[nuclear testing|atmospheric testing]] of [[nuclear weapons]] and from [[nuclear power|nuclear power plants]]. Sternglass died in [[Ithaca, New York|Ithaca]], [[New York]] from [[heart failure]], aged 91.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/02/physicist-ernest-sternglass-dies-91|title=Physicist Ernest Sternglass dies at 91|publisher=Cornell.edu|accessdate=February 19, 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://radiation.org/index.html Radiation and Public Health Project website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060212050101/http://www.radiation.org/index.html |date=2006-02-12 }} * [http://www.ratical.org/radiation/ine