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Robert Pound

American physicist (1919-2010) · Canada · Scientists · Died at 90

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Robert Vivian Pound was a Canadian-American physicist who helped discover nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and who devised the famous Pound-Rebka experiment supporting general relativity. He became a tenured professor of physics at Harvard without ever having received a graduate degree.

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Awards

National Medal of Science1990
Eddington Medal1965
Guggenheim Fellowship
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

About this person

Country
Canada
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 2010 · aged 90

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