Felix Bloch
Swiss-American physicist (1905–1983) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Swiss physicist. For the man accused of espionage, see Felix Bloch (diplomatic officer).
Felix Bloch (23 October 1905 – 10 September 1983) was a Swiss-American physicist and Nobel physics laureate who worked mainly in the U.S.[1] He and Edward Mills Purcell were awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize for Physics for "their development of new ways and methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements."[2] In 1954–1955, he served for one year as the first director-general of CERN. Felix Bloch made fundamental theoretical contributions to the understanding of ferromagnetism and electron behavior in crystal lattices. He is also considered one of the developers of nuclear magnetic resonance.
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Born | (1905-10-23)23 October 1905 Zürich, Switzerland |
Died | 10 September 1983(1983-09-10) (aged 77) Zürich, Switzerland |
Nationality | Swiss |
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Fields | Physics |
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Doctoral advisor | Werner Heisenberg |
Doctoral students | Carson D. Jeffries |
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