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George Bogdanovich Kistiakowsky (Russian: Георгий Богданович Кистяковский, Ukrainian: Георгій Богданович Кістяківський, romanized: Heorhii Bohdanovych Kistiakivskyi; December 1 [O.S. November 18] 1900 – December 7, 1982) was a Ukrainian-American physical chemistry professor at Harvard ...
Learn about the life and achievements of George Kistiakowsky, a Ukrainian-American chemist who led the explosives division of the Manhattan Project. Find out how he contributed to the development of the atomic bomb, the White House science policy, and the anti-war movement.
Kistiakowsky was a physical chemist who helped create the implosion for the atomic bomb during World War II. He also advocated for banning nuclear weapons and received the National Medal of Science in 1967.
Learn about the life and achievements of George Kistiakowsky, a Ukrainian-born chemist who led the implosion department of the Manhattan Project. He also advised several U.S. presidents on arms control and foreign policy, and protested against the Vietnam War.
George Kistiakowsky. George Bogdan Kistiakowsky was born in Kiev, Ukraine, on November 18, 1900. One of the few scientists at Los Alamos who had experienced combat, he attended private schools in Kiev and Moscow until the Russian Revolution broke out in 1917.
George Bogdan Kistiakowsky. (1900—1982) Quick Reference. (1900–1982) Russian–American chemist. Kistiakowsky came from a family of academics in Kiev, now in Ukraine. He began his education in his native city but, after fighting against the Bolsheviks, completed it in Berlin.
Dec 8, 1982 · Dr. George B. Kistiakowsky, who worked on the developing the first atomic bomb and later became a leading advocate of banning nuclear weapons, died today at home at the age of 82, Harvard...
