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Bernard Nefken&#039;s students said their UCLA physics professor was innovative in his teaching and let them carry out their own experiments in his class.

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Bernard Nefkens, UCLA physics professor, remembered as innovative, inspirational

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Bernard M. K. Nefkens, a world-renowned experimental elementary particle physicist who worked in the UCLA Physics and Astronomy Department for nearly 50 years, died Jan. 10 after being diagnosed with a form of dementia.

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Bernard Nefkens, UCLA physics professor, remembered as innovative, inspirational

By Jessica Doumit

Feb. 3, 2014 1:55 a.m.