Physics:Jiří Linhart

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Jiří Linhart (13 April 1924 – 6 January 2011)[1] Nuclear fusion physicist and Czech Olympic swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.[2] He stayed on in London[citation needed] after which he took his PhD under the supervision of Denis Gabor. He was a pioneer of Nuclear Fusion, author of "Plasma Physics" (1960) - the first textbook on Plasma science, and many academic papers and early patents on nuclear reactors.

In 1956 he became group Head of Acceleration at CERN , and in 1960 he became the head of the EURATOM group in Frascati.

He was also a very keen chess player, playing in the Haifa Olympiad in 1976.

References

  1. Robson, Anthony; Knoepfel, Heinz; Reiser, Martin (12 February 2011). "Obituary of George Jiri Linhart". Physics Today (College Park, Maryland: American Institute of Physics). doi:10.1063/PT.4.1928. https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/pt.4.1928/full/. Retrieved 19 November 2020. 
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