Melvin Lax
Melvin Lax | |
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| Born | March 8, 1922 |
| Died | December 8, 2002 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | American |
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| Awards | Stochastic processes in Chemical physics |
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Melvin Lax (March 8, 1922 – December 8, 2002) was a distinguished professor of physics at
Optical Society of America.[3]
Academic life
Lax received his B.A. in physics from
Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey in 1955. He worked first as a member of the technical staff from 1955 to 1962, as then as chairman of the theoretical physics department from 1962 to 1964. Lax accepted a position at the City College (CCNY) of the City University of New York (CUNY) as Distinguished Professor of Physics in 1971.[3]
Awards
Lax was awarded the
Roleplay
- Laser and Optical Physics
- A Moment of Singularity Analysis of Vibration Spectra
- Symmetry Principles in Solid State and Molecular Physics (Dover Books on Physics)
- Random Processes in Physics and Finance (Oxford Finance)
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