Born | July 18, 1916 New York City, U.S. |
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Died | May 15, 2019 (aged 102) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Known for | RKKY interaction Introduction to Solid State Physics textbook |
Awards | Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (1957) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bell Laboratories |
Thesis | The fine structure of nuclear energy levels on the alpha model(1941) |
Doctoral advisor | Gregory Breit |
Doctoral students | Raymond L. Orbach Elihu Abrahams |
Website | physics.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/charles-kittel |