TWO AMERICANS, CANADIAN WIN NOBEL SCIENCE PRIZES FIFTH Edition
Ironically, [Bertram N. Brockhouse] and [Clifford G. Shull] were never interested in nuclear power. They merely used the primitive research reactors to study how neutrons are scattered when bouncing against atoms. Using beams of neutrons the same way as a microscope uses light, the researchers were...
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Published in | The morning call (Allentown, Pa.) |
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Format | Newspaper Article |
Language | English |
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Allentown, Pa
Tribune Publishing Company, LLC
13.10.1994
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Summary: | Ironically, [Bertram N. Brockhouse] and [Clifford G. Shull] were never interested in nuclear power. They merely used the primitive research reactors to study how neutrons are scattered when bouncing against atoms. Using beams of neutrons the same way as a microscope uses light, the researchers were able to reveal the atoms' structure and movement. Essentially, Brockhouse and Shull helped answer the questions of what atoms are and what they do. Brockhouse was only the second Canadian to win a physics award. Shull was the 59th American of 146 physics award winners, and [George A. Olah] was the 41st American, out of 123 winners overall, to win a chemistry prize. |
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ISSN: | 0884-5557 |