Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics
Year:1970
Number:114 - 0
 
Nominee 1:
Name:James Watson Cronin
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1931
Year, Death:2016
Profession:Particle physicist
University:Princeton University
City:Princeton
State:NJ
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Val Logsdon Fitch
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1923
Year, Death:2015
Profession:Nuclear physicist
University:Princeton University
City:Princeton
State:NJ
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominee 3:
Name:Chien-Shiung Wu
Gender:F
Year, Birth:1912
Year, Death:1997
Profession:Professor, particle and experimental physicist
City:New York
State:NY
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
 
Nominator:
Name:Feza Gürsey
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1921
Year, Death:1992
Profession:Mathematician and physicist.
City:New Haven
State:CT
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Comments: The prize to be shared between J.W. Cronin, V.L. Fitch and C.S Wu.
 

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