1976
Burton Richter – Photo gallery
Photo gallery
SLAC’s Burton Richter and MIT’s Samuel Ting at a SLAC symposium in 1984, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the J/psi discovery. On 11 November, 1974, two research teams announced they had independently of each other discovered a new subatomic particle, J/psi. While the teams performed their experiments, the J/psi popped up as a bump in…
moreBetty Williams – Speed read
Speed read
Betty Williams was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Mairead Corrigan, for campaigning against the conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. Betty Williams Full name: Elizabeth WilliamsBorn: 22 May 1943, Belfast, Northern IrelandDied: 17 March 2020, Belfast, Northern IrelandDate awarded: 10 October 1977 Building peace from the bottom up In 1976 three…
moreMairead Corrigan – Speed read
Speed read
Mairead Corrigan was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Betty Williams, for campaigning against the conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. Mairead Corrigan Full name: Mairead CorriganBorn: 27 January 1944, Belfast, Northern IrelandDate awarded: 10 October 1977 Catholic peace activist In 1976 Mairead Corrigan’s sister lost three of her children in the…
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