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Also Known As Lyman Spitzer, Jr.
Born June 22, 1914 • Toledo • Ohio
Died March 31, 1997 (aged 82) • Princeton • New Jersey
Awards And Honors National Medal of Science (1979)
Subjects Of Study energy • nuclear fusion

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