Sidney Fernbach

Sidney Fernbach (1917, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1991) was an American physicist.

Life

Fernbach studied physics at Temple University and the University of California, Berkeley. He worked as a physicist in the USA. Starting in 1952, he worked at the University of California Radiation Laboratory using computers to research nuclear weapons. [1]. In 1992, the Sidney Fernbach Award was established after his death.[2]

Awards
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References
  1. Murray, Charles (1997). The Supermen: The Story of Seymour Cray and the Technical Wizards Behind the Supercomputer. Wiley. p. 59. ISBN 978-0471048855.
  2. IEEE Computer Society: Sidney Fernbach
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