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Israeli physicist

Amos de-Shalit (Hebrew: עמוס דה-שליט; September 29, – September 2, ^[1]) was an Israeli nuclear physicist and Israel Prize laureate.

Biography

Amos de-Shalit was born in Jerusalem in the British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel).

He grew up in Tel Aviv and graduated from Gymnasia Balfour.

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In , de-Shalit earned his master's degree in physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem under the guidance of Giulio Racah. During the – Palestine war, he served in the IDF Science Corps. De-Shalit and his fellow students wrote a letter to Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion to point out the vital importance of nuclear physics for Israel's future.

In , he earned his doctorate from the ETH Zurich in Switzerland.

De-Shalit died before his 43rd birthday from acute pancreatitis.

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He was married to Nechama. Their sons, Ehud and Avner are professors of mathematics and political science, respectively, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. De-Sh