Wilfrid Bennett Lewis

Wilfrid Bennett Lewis, CC, CBE, FRSC, FRS (Cumberland, Inglaterra, 24 de junho de 1908Condado de Renfrew, 10 de janeiro de 1987) foi um físico nuclear e administrador canadense. Contribuiu decididamente no desenvolvimento do reator CANDU.

Wilfrid Bennett Lewis
Nascimento 24 de junho de 1908
Cumberland, Inglaterra
Morte 10 de janeiro de 1987 (78 anos)
Condado de Renfrew
Nacionalidade canadense
Cônjuge Prêmio Átomos pela Paz (1967), Medalha Real (1972), Prêmio Enrico Fermi (1981)
Campo(s) física nuclear

Referências

    Leitura adicional

    • Canada and the Atomic Revolution, by D.M. LeBourdais, Toronto, McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1959.
    • Canada's Nuclear Story, by Wilfrid Eggleston, Toronto, Clarke, Irwin & Company, 1965.
    • Science and Politics in Canada, by G. Bruce Doern, Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1972.
    • Canadian Nuclear Policies, edited by G. Bruce Doern and Robert W. Morrison, Montreal, The Institute for Research on Public Policy, 1980, ISBN 0-920380-25-5.
    • Nucleus: The History of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, by Robert Bothwell, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1988, ISBN 0-8020-2670-2.
    • Nuclear Pursuits: The Scientific Biography of Wilfrid Bennett Lewis, by Ruth Fawcett, Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994.
    • Canada Enters the Nuclear Age: A Technical History of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, project coordination by Eugene Critoph, Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-7735-1601-8.
    • Isotopes and Innovation: MDS Nordion's First Fifty Years, 1946-1996, by Paul Litt, Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-7735-2082-1.
    • Canadian Nuclear Energy Policy: Changing Ideas, Institutions, and Interests, edited by G. Bruce Doern, Arslan Dorman, and Robert W. Morrison, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8020-4788-2.
    • Risky Business: Nuclear Power and Public Protest in Canada, by Michael D. Mehta, Lanham, Maryland, USA, Lexington Books, 2005, ISBN 0-7391-0910-3.
    • The Politics of CANDU Exports, by Duane Bratt, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2006, ISBN 0-8020-9091-5.
    • «Wilfrid Bennett Lewis». Canadian Nuclear Society. Consultado em 17 de abril de 2005. Arquivado do original em 14 de fevereiro de 2005


    Precedido por
    Percy Edward Kent, Max Perutz e Gerhard Herzberg
    Medalha Real
    1972
    com Francis Crick e Derek Barton
    Sucedido por
    Edward Abraham, Rodney Porter e Martin Ryle
    Precedido por
    Rudolf Peierls e Alvin Weinberg
    Prêmio Enrico Fermi
    1981
    Sucedido por
    Herbert Anderson, Seth Neddermeyer


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