Richard Garwin Obituary: Designer of the Hydrogen Bomb Who Advocated for Arms Control

Richard Garwin obituary: designer of the hydrogen bomb who advocated for arms control

The particle physicist and inventor advised 13 US presidents — whether they asked him to or not. The particle physicist and inventor advised 13 US presidents — whether they asked him to or not.

RIP Richard Garwin, 'The Only True Genius' Fermi Ever Met

Richard Garwin, who died on May 13, 2025, at the age of 97, was sometimes called “the most influential scientist you’ve never heard of.” He got his Ph.D. in physics at 21 under Enrico Fermi – a Nobel Prize winner and friend of Einstein’s – who called Garwin “the only true genius” he’d ever met.