Czesław Miłosz vs Luis Walter Alvarez
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Compare the life timelines of Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004) and Luis Walter Alvarez (1911–1988) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 77 years, from 1911 to 1988.
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Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004)
- — Born in Šeteniai Verified
- — Takes a law degree at Stefan Batory University in Vilnius Verified
- — Spends the German occupation in Warsaw Verified
- — Serves as a Polish cultural attaché in the United States and France Verified
- — Breaks with the Polish government and seeks asylum in France Verified
- — Publishes The Captive Mind Verified
- — Moves to the United States to teach at Berkeley Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature Verified
- — Settles in Kraków Verified
- — Dies in Kraków Verified
Luis Walter Alvarez (1911–1988)
- — Born in San Francisco Verified
- — Received a doctorate in physics from the University of Chicago Verified
- — Joined Ernest Lawrence's Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley Verified
- — Developed radar systems at the MIT Radiation Laboratory Verified
- — Worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos Verified
- — Flew as a scientific observer on the Hiroshima mission Verified
- — Built large liquid hydrogen bubble chambers at Berkeley Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Published the asteroid impact hypothesis for the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction Verified
- — Died in Berkeley, California Verified