Professor V. Weisskopf, CERN Director General (1961-1965)

Well known theoretical physicist Victor Weisskopf has died aged 93. Born in Austria, he later worked with Schrodinger in Berlin before emigrating to the US in 1937, where he joined the Manhattan project in 1944, and was witness to the Trinity Test in July 1945. In 1946 he became professor of physics...

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Publicado: 1962
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Personalities and History of CERN
Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/40293
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description Well known theoretical physicist Victor Weisskopf has died aged 93. Born in Austria, he later worked with Schrodinger in Berlin before emigrating to the US in 1937, where he joined the Manhattan project in 1944, and was witness to the Trinity Test in July 1945. In 1946 he became professor of physics at MIT. He took leave of absence to be Director General of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Physics, from 1961-1965.
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spelling cern-402932019-09-30T06:29:59Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/40293ENGProfessor V. Weisskopf, CERN Director General (1961-1965)Personalities and History of CERNWell known theoretical physicist Victor Weisskopf has died aged 93. Born in Austria, he later worked with Schrodinger in Berlin before emigrating to the US in 1937, where he joined the Manhattan project in 1944, and was witness to the Trinity Test in July 1945. In 1946 he became professor of physics at MIT. He took leave of absence to be Director General of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Physics, from 1961-1965.CERN-HI-6211086boai:cds.cern.ch:402931962
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Professor V. Weisskopf, CERN Director General (1961-1965)
title Professor V. Weisskopf, CERN Director General (1961-1965)
title_full Professor V. Weisskopf, CERN Director General (1961-1965)
title_fullStr Professor V. Weisskopf, CERN Director General (1961-1965)
title_full_unstemmed Professor V. Weisskopf, CERN Director General (1961-1965)
title_short Professor V. Weisskopf, CERN Director General (1961-1965)
title_sort professor v. weisskopf, cern director general (1961-1965)
topic Personalities and History of CERN
url http://cds.cern.ch/record/40293

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