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Born November 24, 1925 • The Hague • Netherlands
Died March 4, 2011 (aged 85) • Geneva • Switzerland
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize
Subjects Of Study W particle • Z particle • electroweak theory
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Carlo Rubbia
Italian physicist
Werner Karl Heisenberg sits at a desk in a suit with his hands folded, bookshelves in the background.
Werner Heisenberg
German physicist and philosopher
Nils Gustaf Dalén.
Nils Dalén
Swedish physicist
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Nicolaas Bloembergen
Dutch-born American physicist
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Jack Kilby
American engineer
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Italian physicist
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Polish-born French physicist
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
Lord Rayleigh
British scientist
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
French chemist
Luis Alvarez
Luis Alvarez
American physicist
Wigner, 1962
Eugene Wigner
American physicist
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Charles Kao
British-American physicist
Sir Martin Ryle.
Sir Martin Ryle
British astronomer
Rabi
Isidor Isaac Rabi
American physicist
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Steven Weinberg
American physicist
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Ernst Ruska
German engineer
Shockley
William B. Shockley
American physicist
Ernesto Orlando Lawrence
Ernest Orlando Lawrence
American physicist
Georges Charpak
Georges Charpak
French physicist
Gabriel Lippmann
Gabriel Lippmann
French physicist

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