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Polykarp Kusch

German-American physicist (1911-1993)

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  • Scientists rank#172
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  • Era
    1911–1993
    Aged 82
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Polykarp Kusch was a German–American physicist who shared the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics with Willis Eugene Lamb for his accurate determination that the electron magnetic moment was greater than its theoretical value, thus leading to reconsideration of and innovations in quantum electrodynamics.

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Polykarp Kusch was a German–American physicist who shared the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics with Willis Eugene Lamb for his accurate determination that the electron magnetic moment was greater than its theoretical value, thus leading to reconsideration of and innovations in quantum electrodynamics.

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January 26, 1911
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March 20, 1993
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