Marshall Nicholas Rosenbluth (5 February 1927–-28 September 2003) was an American nuclear physicist.
In the 1990s, he was a senior scientist at the ITER project. Cutaway of the ITER Tokamak Torus in casing. ...
He was a recipient of the Albert Einstein Award, Enrico Fermi Award and the National Medal of Science. NB: See discussion page about the accuracy of the information on this page. ... The Enrico Fermi Award is a U.S. government Presidential award honoring scientists of international stature for their lifetime achievement in the development, use, or production of energy. ... National Medal of Science The National Medal of Science, also called the Presidential Medal of Science, is an honor given by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social...
Marshall Nicholas Rosenbluth, a physicist who dedicated his life to understanding and taming nuclear fusion, died on Sept. 28 of pancreatic cancer.
Rosenbluth spent the next three decades teaching nuclear and plasma physics at the University of California, San Diego and at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. From 1980 to 1987, he served as the director of the Institute for Fusion Studies at the University of Texas.
Rosenbluth received numerous awards for his scientific contributions, including the Albert Einstein Award, the Enrico Fermi Award and the National Medal of Science, the highest scientific honor in the United States.
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