Walter Alvarez
Walter Alvarez | |
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Walter Alvarez at his home in 2024 | |
| Born | Walter Alvarez October 3, 1940 |
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| Known for | Alvarez hypothesis |
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Milly Alvarez (m. 1963) |
| Father | Luis Walter Alvarez |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology |
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Walter Alvarez (born October 3, 1940) is a professor in the Earth and Planetary Science department at the University of California, Berkeley. He and his father, Nobel Prize–winning physicist Luis Alvarez, developed the theory that dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid impact.