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Former California Energy Commissioner. Enrico Fermi Award (the US highest scientific honor, presented in 2006 on behalf of President Bush by Secretary of Energy Bodman); Szilard Award for Physics in the Public Interest; Carnot Award for Energy Efficiency from the U.S. Department of Energy. Co-Founded the Center for Building Science at Berkeley. Seminal role in the invention of compact fluorescent lights, efficient appliances, others. Prior work: co- discover of a large number of elementary particles; co-author of the classic text, Nuclear Physics, with Enrico Fermi and others.
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