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Norman Henry Tolk (born January 9, 1938) is an American physicist and musician.
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Norman Henry Tolk (born January 9, 1938) is an American physicist and musician.
Tolk was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho. [1] He grew up in a Mormon and Protestant family. [2] He majored in physics at Harvard College, graduating in 1960, and earned his Ph.D. in atomic physics from Columbia University in 1966. [1] Currently he is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Vanderbilt University. [1] For all his life Tolk has been a Mormon. [2]
Ever since second grade, Tolk wanted to become a physicist. [2] After earning his degrees at Columbia and Harvard, he worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories in New Jersey. He brought the Free-electron laser to Vanderbilt. In 1987, he got the Alexander von Humboldt Award and as a result researched at Free University of Berlin. [1]
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