Jorge Alberto Sábato (June 4, 1924 – November 16, 1983) was an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate caus ...

and technologist. In 1955 he created the Metallurgy department at

CNEA The National Atomic Energy Commission ( es, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, CNEA) is the Argentine government agency in charge of nuclear energy research and development. The agency was created on May 31, 1950, with the mission of deve ...

, and was its director up to 1968 when he became Technology manager of the

. While with the CNEA he promulgated the Sábato triangle model, dealing with interrelationships between science, government and industry in promoting scientific and technological development. In 1976 he was one of the creators of INVAP SE, he was the spiritual godfather, introducing the concept of "Technology Company". In 1993 the

Instituto Sábato Sabato Institute of Technology ( es, Instituto de Tecnología Sabato) is an academic institution that belongs partially to the National University of General San Martín and partially to Argentina's National Atomic Energy Commission. It is name ...

was created as a result of all his effort towards the development of materials science in Argentina.

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Prof. Jorge A. Sábato Biography
Argentine physicists 1924 births 1983 deaths {{physicist-stub

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