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Luis Walter Alvarez was an American experimental physicist and inventor, best known for his contributions to the development of the atomic bomb during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project. He also made significant advancements in particle physics and invented the Alvarez bubble chamber, a device that helped visualize the behavior of subatomic particles. Additionally, Alvarez is renowned for his hypothesis regarding the mass extinction of dinosaurs, attributing it to a massive asteroid impact, a theory that has had a profound impact on Paleontology and Earth Sciences. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 for his work in high-energy physics.

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