History: R. Herman Feshbach Renowned MIT physicist and anti-nuclear activist

["Michael P. Grissom" <mpg1@coastside.net>]

radsafe'ers,

The following item was in the December 30, 2000 issue
of the San Jose Mercury News:

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            R. Herman Feshbach

        Renowned MIT physicist and
           anti-nuclear activist

Cambridge, Mass[achusetts, USA]--R. Herman
Feshbach, a renowned physicist at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology [MIT] who also became an
anti-nuclear activist, died Friday [December 29,
2000] from heart failure. He was 83.

Mr. Feshbach, who spent his entire career at MIT,
was a leader in the field of nuclear reaction
theory. He described what came to be known as
Feshbach resonance, the phenomenon that makes two
atoms stick to each other and form a temporary
molecule if their kinetic energy is exactly equal.

He also worked to build ties between Western and
Soviet scientists during the Cold War. Mr. Feshbach
helped found the Union of Concerned Scientists and
served as its first chairman.

Mr. Feshbach was asked to be involved in the
development of the hydrogen bomb but refused,
said his son, Mark Feshbach.

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