Pierre Auger
French physicist · France · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1899 to 1993 · aged 94
Pierre Victor Auger was a French physicist, born in Paris. He worked in the fields of atomic physics, nuclear physics, and cosmic ray physics. He is famous for being one of the discoverers of the Auger effect, named after him.
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1993Died24 December 19931971Kalinga PrizeAward1967Three Physicists PrizeAward1926Prize Louis AncelAward1899Born14 May 1899
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Lived 1899 to 1993 · aged 94
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Ioannis IliopoulosBoth received Three Physicists Prize
Pierre-Gilles de GennesBoth received Prize Louis Ancel
Hendrik CasimirBoth received Three Physicists Prize