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Val Logsdon Fitch | |
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Born | [1] | March 10, 1923
Died | February 5, 2015 Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 91)
Alma mater | Columbia McGill University |
Known for | Discovery of CP-violation |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Particle physics |
Institutions | Princeton |
Val Logsdon Fitch (March 10, 1923 – February 5, 2015) was an American nuclear physicist. For this discovery he and his student James Cronin received the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fitch, V.L. (1981). "Val Fitch - Autobiography". Nobel web. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Photograph, Biography and Bibliographic Resources, from the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, United States Department of Energy
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