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Furth emigrated to the United States in 1941. He graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor's degree in 1951 and received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1960. Furth worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for several years before going to Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory where he would spend the rest of his career working in plasma physicsPlasma physics is the field of physics which studies the dynamic behaviour of plasmas. Briefly, it is the study of the statistical properties of a field of charged particles, called a plasma. Sometimes called "the fourth state of matter" (besides solid, l and nuclear fusionIn physics, nuclear fusion (a thermonuclear reaction is a process in which two nuclei join, forming a larger nucleus and releasing energy. Nuclear fusion is the energy source which causes stars to shine, and hydrogen bombs to explode. It takes considerabl. He was also a professor of astrophysicsSpiral Galaxy ESO 269-57 Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that deals with the physics of the universe, including the physical properties ( luminosity, density, temperature, chemical composition) of astronomical objects such as stars, galaxies, and at Princeton UniversityPrinceton University located in Princeton, New Jersey, is one of the eight Ivy League universities. Widely considered one of the world's most prestigious universities, it was founded as the "College of New Jersey" in 1746, and was originally located in El.

In the late 1960's Furth contributed some important theoretical work on resistive magnetohydrodynamicsMagnetohydrodynamics (MHD or magnetofluiddynamics is the academic discipline which studies the dynamics of electrically- conducting fluids. It is the study of the motions of electrically conducting fluids and their interactions with magnetic fields. Examp instabilities in a slightly resistive plasma.

In 1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D Furth became the director at PPPL and led the laboratory until 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo during record setting magnetic fusion energyThe magnetic fusion energy (MFE program seeks to establish the conditions to sustain a nuclear fusion reaction in a plasma that is contained by magnetic fields. Progress in the past decade has been remarkable both in the significant progress toward a burn experiments on the largest tokamak in the country, the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR).

Furth was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and died of a heart ailment.