Bertram Brockhouse

Bertram Brockhouse
Brockhouse in front of a blackboard
Born
Bertram Neville Brockhouse

(1918-07-15)July 15, 1918
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
DiedOctober 13, 2003(2003-10-13) (aged 85)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater
Known forNeutron triple-axis spectrometry
Awards
Scientific career
InstitutionsMcMaster University
ThesisThe effect of stress and temperature upon the magnetic properties of ferromagnetic materials (1950)
Doctoral advisorJames Reekie
Doctoral studentsSow-Hsin Chen
Websitewww.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1994/brockhouse-bio.html

Bertram Neville Brockhouse, CC FRSC FRS (July 15, 1918 – October 13, 2003)[1] was a Canadian physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (1994, shared with Clifford Shull) "for pioneering contributions to the development of neutron scattering techniques for studies of condensed matter", in particular "for the development of neutron spectroscopy".[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Cowley, R. (2005). "Bertram Neville Brockhouse. 15 July 1918 - 13 October 2003: Elected F.R.S. 1965". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 51: 51–65. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2005.0004.
  2. ^ science.ca profile of Bertram Brockhouse
  3. ^ Brockhouse biographical details from nobelprize.org
  4. ^ Office of the Governor General of Canada. Order of Canada citation. Queen's Printer for Canada. Retrieved 24 May 2010