Harold Furth
Harold Paul Furth | |
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| Born | Harald Fürth January 13, 1930 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | February 21, 2002 (aged 72) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Resting place | Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ |
| Nationality | Austrian-American |
| Education | Harvard University (B.S., Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Resistive magnetohydrodynamics |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | physics, astrophysics, magnetohydrodynamics, nuclear radiation, controlled thermonuclear fusion |
| Institutions | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Princeton University |
Harold Paul Furth (January 13, 1930 – February 21, 2002) was an Austrian-American physicist who was a pioneer in leading the American efforts to harness thermonuclear fusion for the generation of electricity. He died of a heart ailment on 21 February 2002.