Frederick Reines
American physicist (1918-1998) · United States · Scientists · Died at 80
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Something wrong?Frederick Reines was an American physicist. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for his co-detection of the neutrino with Clyde Cowan in the neutrino experiment.
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Reines and Clyde Cowan
Frederick Reines (far right) with Clyde Cowan (far left) and other members of Project Poltergeist
Supernova SN1987A (the bright object in the center), as seen through the Hubble Space Telescope
Frederick Reines Hall at the University of California, Irvine houses the Physics and Astronomy Department, and part of the Chemistry Department.Awards
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Frederick Reines was an American physicist. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for his co-detection of the neutrino with Clyde Cowan in the neutrino experiment. He may be the only scientist in history "so intimately associated with the discovery of an elementary particle and the subsequent thorough investigation of its fundamental properties."
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Freeman DysonBoth received J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize
Raymond Davis Jr.Both received Panofsky Prize
Jocelyn Bell BurnellBoth received J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize
Masatoshi KoshibaBoth received Panofsky Prize
Yoichiro NambuBoth received J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial PrizeFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.