Roger Gerhard Newton (né Neuweg; November 30, 1924 – April 14, 2018) was a German-born American physicist.
Newton was born in Landsberg an der Warthe, Weimar Germany (present day Gorzów Wielkopolski) on November 30, 1924 to parents Margaret Blume and Arthur Newton, a dentist.[1][2] Because of their Jewish heritage, Newton's family was targeted by the Gestapo.[3] Though Newton enrolled at the University of Berlin, he and his family moved to Buffalo, New York after World War II.[3] After serving in the United States Army,[1][3] he completed a bachelor's degree at Harvard University in 1949.[1] Shortly after earning his doctorate in 1953,[1] Newton married Ruth Gordon.[1][2] He worked for the Institute for Advanced Study until joining the Indiana University Bloomington faculty in 1955.[1][2] He became a full professor in 1960, and was named a distinguished professor in 1978.[1] Over the course of his career, Newton served as associate editor of the American Journal of Physics and Inverse Problems and head editor of the Journal of Mathematical Physics.[2] Additionally, he was granted fellowship into the American Physical Society and American Association for the Advancement of Science. Newton is well known for his book Scattering Theory of Waves and Particles. [1] Newton died at home on April 14, 2018, aged 93.[3]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Newton, Roger G. 1924- (Roger Gerhard Newton)". Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series. Gale. 2009. https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/newton-roger-g-1924-roger-gerhard-newton.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Newton, Roger G.; Force, Donald C.. "Roger G. Newton papers, 1955-2003, bulk 1970-1990". Indiana University. http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/view?doc.view=entire_text&docId=InU-Ar-VAA4635.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Roger G. Newton". Herald Times. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/obituaries/roger-g-newton/article_ad6cbf88-437f-11e8-a3e1-ffc69536b320.html. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
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