Background
Thompson, Robert W. was born in 1919 in Minneapolis, SCIENCE/ENGINEERING0.
Thompson, Robert W. was born in 1919 in Minneapolis, SCIENCE/ENGINEERING0.
Bachelor of Science with highest distinction, University of Minnesota, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948.
With Los Alamos, 1943-1945. Assistant professor Indiana University, 1948-1953. Professor physics University Chicago, 1953.