During one or two summers, ... by Walter Kohn, an Austrian Physicist

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“During one or two summers, as well as part-time during the school year, I worked for a small Canadian company which developed electrical instruments for military planes.”

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Name: Walter Kohn

Nationality: Austrian

Date of Birth: Mar 9, 1923

Profession: Physicist

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I was fortunate to find an extraordinary mathematics and applied mathematics program in Toronto.

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On another level, I want to mention that I have a strong Jewish identity and - over the years - have been involved in several Jewish projects, such as the establishment of a strong program of Judaic Studies at the University of California in San Diego.

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Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron.

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In particular, I established a reasonably accurate energy threshold for permanent displacement of a nucleus from its regular lattice position, substantially smaller than had been previously presumed.

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My project was radiation damage of Si and Ge by energetic electrons, critical for the use of the recently developed semiconductor devices for applications in outer space.

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