Alvarez

American  

[al-vuh-rez] / ˈæl vəˌrɛz /

noun

1. Luis Walter, 1911–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1968.

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Alvarez British  

/ ˈælvərɛz /

noun

1. Luis Walter. 1911–88, US physicist. He made (with Felix Bloch) the first measurement of the neutron's magnetic moment (1939). Nobel prize for physics 1968

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Alvarez Scientific  

/ ăl′və-rĕz′ /

1. American physicist who studied subatomic particles. Alvarez built a device called a hydrogen bubble chamber that made it possible to analyze the reactions occurring between atomic nuclei inside it. His observations led to the theory that protons, neutrons, and electrons are made of quarks. Alvarez won a 1968 Nobel Prize for physics for this work. With his son, geologist Walter Alvarez (born 1940), he later developed a theory that the extinction of dinosaurs was caused by climate changes resulting from a giant asteroid striking the Earth.

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Atletico often use their social media accounts to respond to rivals, repeatedly posting on X this summer to ridicule Barcelona over their pursuit of Atletico's talisman Julian Alvarez.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Not even the presence of AL MVP favorite Yordan Alvarez has turned the Astros into anything better than a club desperate to stay above .500.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Garcia-Leys said Wednesday that Alvarez does “laser etching” on metal “and the idea was that this was art that could stop bullets.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Sean Garcia-Leys, executive director of the Peace & Justice Law Center who was acting as a spokesman for Alvarez, criticized Essayli’s decision to bring the charges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Alvarez would say later that he was inspired by the pleasing thought of undermining “the infallibility of Bethe’s Bible.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik