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Georges Charpak
Full Name of the recipient | Georges Charpak |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
Year of Award | 1992 |
Share in Award | 100.0% |
Award Shared with | |
Motivation for the Award | for his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | CERN, Geneva, Switzerland École supérieure de Physique et Chimie, Paris, France |
Place of Birth | Dabrovica, Poland POL |
Date of Birth | 1 August 1924 |
Age at the time of Award | 67 years |
Place of Death | Paris, France FRA |
Date of Death | 29 September 2010 |