Georges Charpak - Nobel Prize in Physics — 1992
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Georges Charpak

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics — 1992
for his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber
Citizenship
Poland Poland France France
Languages
French
date of birth
8/1/1924
place of birth
Dubrovytsia
date of death
9/29/2010
place of death
5th arrondissement of Paris
Lived
86 years
member of
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1986
  • French Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1985
  • Austrian Academy of Sciences
  • Académie Nationale de Médecine
  • Russian Academy of Sciences
employer
  • National Center for Scientific Research
    • start time: 1948
    • end time: 1959
  • CERN
    • end time: 1991
    • start time: 1959
educated at
  • Mines ParisTech
  • University of Paris
  • Les Houches School of Physics
  • Lycée Saint-Louis
doctoral student
  • Philippe Coulon
notable work
  • Devenez sorciers, devenez savants
field of work
  • particle physics
occupation
  • physicist
  • researcher
  • French resistance fighter
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