Alvarez

[al-vuh-rez]

noun

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

Alvarez

/ 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

Alvarez

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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However, the 38-year-old was rested for a recent friendly because boss Lionel Scaloni wanted to see Lautaro Martinez and Julian Alvarez play together.

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Jeri, who was the head of Congress until last week, appointed lawyer Ernesto Alvarez, a 64-year-old former Constitutional Court president, as the head of his 19-member cabinet, which includes four women.

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First Brands on Monday named Charles Moore, a restructuring expert from Alvarez & Marsal, as its interim CEO, replacing Patrick James.

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This ranks him fifth among players in La Liga for minutes per goal involvement, behind only Kylian Mbappe, Julian Alvarez, Vinicius Junior and Alvaro Garcia.

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In the letter to the peace commissioner of Colombia -- where he is in prison -- Larry Alvarez, alias "Larry Changa," asks to help "facilitate rapprochement and build a viable demobilization route."

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