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Polykarp Kusch
Full Name of the recipient | Polykarp Kusch |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
Year of Award | 1955 |
Share in Award | 50.0% |
Award Shared with | Willis Eugene Lamb (50.0%) |
Motivation for the Award | for his precision determination of the magnetic moment of the electron |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Columbia University, New York, NY, USA |
Place of Birth | Blankenburg, Germany DEU |
Date of Birth | 26 January 1911 |
Age at the time of Award | 43 years |
Place of Death | Dallas, TX, United States USA |
Date of Death | 20 March 1993 |