George Volkoff

George Volkoff
Born
George Michael Volkoff

(1914-02-23)February 23, 1914
Moscow, Russian Empire
DiedApril 24, 2000(2000-04-24) (aged 86)
Vancouver, British Columbia
AwardsOrder of Canada
Order of the British Empire
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics

George Michael Volkoff, OC MBE FRSC (February 23, 1914 – April 24, 2000) was a Russian-Canadian physicist and academic who helped, with J. Robert Oppenheimer, predict the existence of neutron stars before they were discovered.

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