Peng Huanwu
Peng Huanwu (
Life and career
Peng was born in
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Peng returned to China in 1947, and taught at Yunnan University, Tsinghua University, Peking University and University of Science and Technology of China. He was involved in and led the development of China's atomic bomb and hydrogen bomb. He served as vice director of Institute of Modern Physics of CAS, vice director of Institute of High Energy Physics of CAS, among other posts.[10] From 1978 to 1983, he was the director of Institute of Theoretical Physics of CAS.
Honours and recognition
Peng received numerous prestigious prizes in China including National Natural Science Prize and National Science and Technology Advancement Prize. In recognition of his contribution to China's nuclear physics, the asteroid #48798 was named after him as "Penghuanwu".[11]
In 1999, Peng was awarded the Two Bombs, One Satellite Meritorious Medal.[12]
References
- ^ "Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences: Huan-Wu Peng". Archived from the original on 2017-04-16. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- hdl:1842/9417.
- hdl:1842/9418.
- ^ MacTutor biography of Sheila Christina Power Tinney
- S2CID 98302994. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ W. Heitler and H. W. Peng Anomalous Scattering of Mesons, Phys. Rev. 62 (1942) 81 – 82, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin Ireland, Received 22 May 1942.
- ^ W. Heitler and H. W. Peng, Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc. 38 (1942), 296
- ^ J. Hamilton, W. Heitler, and H. W. Peng Theory of Cosmic-Ray Mesons Physical Review Volume 64, Issue 3-4, pp. 78-94, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, Ireland.
- S2CID 27109600. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ "彭桓武----中国科学院学部". casad.cas.cn. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ^ Asteroid Named after Chinese Physicist www.china.org.cn
- ISBN 978-0-8108-7855-6.