Bertrand Goldschmidt
Bertrand Goldschmidt | |
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Goldschmidt in the 1960s | |
| Born | November 2, 1912 Paris, France |
| Died | June 11, 2002 (aged 89) Paris, France |
| Alma mater | ESPCI Paris |
| Known for | French atomic bomb |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nuclear physics |
| Institutions | French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission |
| Thesis | Etude du fractionnement par cristallisation mixte à l'aide des radioéléments (1939) |
Bertrand Goldschmidt (2 November 1912 – 11 June 2002) was a French chemist. He is considered one of the fathers of the French atomic bomb, which was tested for the first time in 1960 in the nuclear test Gerboise Bleue.