Gertrude Scharff Goldhaber
Gertrude Scharff Goldhaber | |
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| Born | July 14, 1911 Mannheim, Germany |
| Died | February 2, 1998 (aged 86) Patchogue, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Munich |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Illinois 1939-1950 Brookhaven National Laboratory 1950-1979 |
| Doctoral advisor | Walther Gerlach |
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Gertrude Scharff Goldhaber (July 14, 1911 – February 2, 1998) was a German-born Jewish-American nuclear physicist. She earned her PhD from the University of Munich, and though her family suffered during The Holocaust, Gertrude was able to escape to London and later to the United States. Her research during World War II was classified, and not published until 1946. She and her husband, Maurice Goldhaber, spent most of their post-war careers at Brookhaven National Laboratory.