Clifford Shull
American physicist (1915-2001) · United States · Scientists · Died at 85
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Something wrong?A physicist whose work was foundational enough to earn a Nobel Prize, yet whose public profile remains remarkably thin - the attention comes mostly from those who know what neutron scattering unlocked.
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Clifford Glenwood Shull was born September 23, 1915, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He built a career as an American physicist through the middle decades of the twentieth century. The arc of his work stretched across institutions and decades, though the details of his pivotal contributions live mostly in specialized memory. He died March 31, 2001, eighty-five years after he started.
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Horst Ludwig StörmerBoth received Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
Walter KohnBoth received Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
Sumio IijimaBoth received Gregori Aminoff Prize
Omar M. YaghiBoth received Gregori Aminoff Prize
Duncan HaldaneBoth received Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter PrizeFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.