Harold Furth

Harold Paul Furth
Harold Paul Furth
Born	Harald Fürth; January 13, 1930; Vienna, Austria
Died	February 21, 2002 (aged 72); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Resting place	Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
Nationality	Austrian-American
Education	Harvard University (B.S., Ph.D.)
Known for	Resistive magnetohydrodynamics
Awards	James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics (1983); Delmer S. Fahrney Medal (1992);
	Scientific career
Fields	physics, astrophysics, magnetohydrodynamics, nuclear radiation, controlled thermonuclear fusion
Institutions	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Princeton University

Harold Paul Furth (January 13, 1930 – February 21, 2002) was an Austrian-American physicist who was a pioneer in leading the American efforts to harness thermonuclear fusion for the generation of electricity. He died of a heart ailment on 21 February 2002.

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