Georges Charpak | |
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Born | Jerzy Charpak 1 August 1924 |
Died | 29 September 2010 Paris, France | (aged 86)
Citizenship | French |
Alma mater | École des Mines Collège de France |
Known for | Multiwire proportional chamber MicroMegas detector |
Spouse |
Dominique Vidal (m. 1953) |
Children | 3, including Nathalie |
Relatives | André Charpak (brother) |
Awards |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | CERN ESPCI Paris |
Academic advisors | Frédéric Joliot-Curie |
Georges Charpak (French: [ʃaʁpak]; born Jerzy Charpak, (1 August 1924 – 29 September 2010) was a Polish-born French physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1992.[1][2][3]