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Georges Charpak
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Hersz Georges Charpak (French: [ʒɔʁʒ ʃaʁpak]; 1 August 1924 – 29 September 2010) was a Polish-born French physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1992 for his invention of the multiwire proportional chamber.
Career
- 1924Born
- 1973Won Jean-Ricard Prize
- 1985Member of French Academy of Sciences
- 1986Member of National Academy of Sciences
- 1992Won Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1993Won Knight of the Legion of Honour
- 1997Won Officer of the National Order of Merit
- 2007Won Officer of the Legion of Honour
- 2010Passed away
- Member of Austrian Academy of Sciences
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Dubrovytsia
- •Citizenship: France, Poland
- •Known as: physicist, French resistance fighter, researcher
- •Spouse: Dominique Vidal
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Georges Charpak: Dachau survivor who won the 1992 Nobel Prize for Physics for his subatomic particle detector
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