Georges Charpak
August 1, 1924 –September 29, 2010
Physicist, French resistance fighter, Researcher
Lived 86 years
- Born in
- Dubrovytsia
- Passed away in
- Paris
Hersz Georges Charpak (French: [ʒɔʁʒ ʃaʁpak]; 1 August 1924 – 29 September 2010) was a Polish-born French physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1992 for his invention of the multiwire proportional chamber.
Awards: Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the National Order of Merit, Nobel Prize in Physics, Jean-Ricard Prize, High Energy and Particle Physics Prize, Nessim-Habif Award, CNRS silver medal, honorary doctor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, honorary doctor of the Université libre de Bruxelles Education: Lycée Saint-Louis, Mines ParisTech, Les Houches School of Physics, University of Paris
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