| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Year: | 1972 |
| Number: | 155 - 0 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | John Bardeen |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1908 |
| Year, Death: | 1991 |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1956 |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1972 |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Leon Neil Cooper |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1930 |
| Year, Death: | 2024 |
| Profession: | Physicist |
| University: | Brown University |
| City: | Providence |
| State: | RI |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1972 |
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Nominee 3:
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| Name: | John Robert Schrieffer |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1931 |
| Year, Death: | 2019 |
| Profession: | Physicist |
| City: | Philadelphia |
| State: | PA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1972 |
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Nominee 4:
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| Name: | Antony Hewish |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1924 |
| Year, Death: | 2021 |
| Profession: | Radio astronomer |
| University: | University of Cambridge |
| City: | Cambridge |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1974 |
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Nominee 5:
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| Name: | Martin Ryle |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1918 |
| Year, Death: | 1984 |
| Profession: | Radio astronomer |
| University: | University of Cambridge |
| City: | Cambridge |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1974 |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1916 |
| Year, Death: | 2009 |
| Profession: | Theoretical physicist |
| City: | Moscow |
| Country: | U.S.S.R. (SU) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2003 |
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| Comments: |
The prize to be shared between J. Bardeen, L.N. Cooper, J.R. Schrieffer, A. Hewish and M. Ryle. |
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