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Samuel C. C. Ting

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Chinese-American physicist

United StatesScientistsBorn 1936 · age 90
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Chao Chung Ting, also known by his English name Samuel, is a Taiwanese-American particle physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1976 with Burton Richter for discovering the subatomic J/ψ particle. He is the Thomas Dudley Cabot Institute Chair at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Ting in the Space Station Processing Facility, 2000Ting in the Space Station Processing Facility, 2000

Awards 7

2012Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
1992honorary doctor of the University of Science and Technology of China
1977Eringen Medal
1976Nobel Prize in Physics
1975Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award
Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences
honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong

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Connected to Samuel 6

Norman BorlaugAlso won Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of SciencesGerard 't HooftAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Science and Technology of ChinaKenneth G. WilsonAlso won Eringen MedalVal Logsdon FitchAlso won Ernest Orlando Lawrence AwardDaniel C. TsuiAlso won honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong KongCarl WiemanAlso won Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1936 · age 90
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32 languages

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