| LC control no. | n 85078870 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ovshinsky, Stanford R. |
| Birth date | 19221124 |
| Death date | 20121017 |
| Place of birth | Akron, Ohio |
| Place of death | Bloomfield Hills, Mich. |
| Field of activity | Order-disorder models Amorphous substances Amorphous semiconductors Nickel-metal hydride batteries |
| Affiliation | Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. |
| Profession or occupation | Scientist Inventor |
| Found in | Physics of disordered materials, c1985: CIP t.p. (Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., Troy, Mich.) New York times WWW site, Oct. 19, 2012 (in obituary published Oct. 18: Stanford R. Ovshinsky; b. Stanford Robert Ovshinsky, Nov. 24, 1922, Akron, Ohio; d. Wednesday [Oct. 17, 2012], Bloomfield Hills, Mich., aged 89; iconoclastic, largely self-taught, and commercially successful scientist who invented the nickel-metal hybrid battery and contributed to the development of a host of devices, including solar energy panels, flat-panel displays, and rewritable compact discs) |
| Associated language | eng |
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