Robert Serber
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Serber in February 1948 | |
| Born | March 14, 1909 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | June 1, 1997 (aged 88) New York City, U.S. |
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| Spouses | Charlotte Leof
(m. 1933; died 1967)Fiona St. Clair (m. 1979) |
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| Doctoral advisor | John Hasbrouck Van Vleck |
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Robert Serber (March 14, 1909 – June 1, 1997) was an American theoretical physicist who contributed to multiple branches of physics and who served as a bridge between theorists and experimentalists. As a key participant of the Manhattan Project, Serber gave lectures explaining the basic principles and goals of the project, which were printed and supplied to all incoming scientific staff. These became known as The Los Alamos Primer. The New York Times called him "the intellectual midwife at the birth of the atomic bomb."