James Cronin
Photo gallery
1 (of 2) Detection equipment used in Val Fitch's and James Cronin's CP violation experiment at the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron beam line.
Photo: Courtesy of Brookhaven National Laboratory
2 (of 2) Nobel Laureates in Physics assembled at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Standing (left to right): 1980 Laureates Val L. Fitch and James W. Cronin, and 1976 Laureate Samuel C.C. Ting. Sitting (left to right): 1957 Laureate Chen Ning Yang and 1944 Laureate Isidor Isaac Rabi.
Photo: Courtesy of Brookhaven National Laboratory
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.