Sein Tun (, also spelt Sein Htoon) was a Burmese
physicist
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, who taught at the
Yangon University
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from 1994 until his retirement in 2006.
He also authored teaching materials for advanced physics and was a member of the
Science Council
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and a fellow at the
Institute of Physics
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It was founded in 1874 and has a worldwide ...
.
References
Burmese scientists
University of Yangon alumni
Alumni of the University of Surrey
Fellows of the Institute of Physics
1939 births
2011 deaths
People from Yangon
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