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Joseph L. Birman (1927–2016)

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Physicist who helped hundreds of scientists to escape oppression.

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Eugene M. Chudnovsky is a distinguished professor of physics at the City University of New York and co-chair of the Committee of Concerned Scientists.,
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Chudnovsky, E. Joseph L. Birman (1927–2016). Nature 539, 358 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/539358a

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