Simon van der Meer

Simon van der Meer (24 November 1925 – 4 March 2011) was a Dutch particle accelerator physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Carlo Rubbia for contributions to the CERN project which led to the discovery of the W and Z particles, the two fundamental communicators of the weak interaction.

Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, honorary doctor of the University of Amsterdam, Honorary doctors of Ghent University, Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize Education: Delft University of Technology, Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet

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