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Samuel Goudsmit

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Dutch-American physicist (1902-1978)

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Samuel Abraham Goudsmit was a Dutch-American physicist famous for jointly proposing the concept of electron spin with George Eugene Uhlenbeck in 1925.

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Visualization of electron spin on a wall in LeidenVisualization of electron spin on a wall in LeidenAlsos MembersAlsos MembersSamuel Goudsmit and Wolfgang Pauli in Uruguay, 1942, Rio Negro Hydro site works, when the Nazis German engineers were deportedSamuel Goudsmit and Wolfgang Pauli in Uruguay, 1942, Rio Negro Hydro site works, when the Nazis German engineers were deported

Awards 5

1976National Medal of Science
1964Max Planck Medal
1938Guggenheim Fellowship
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Order of the British Empire

Connected to Samuel 6

Yoichiro NambuAlso won Max Planck MedalWilliam Richard TolbertAlso won Order of the British EmpireRichard WilsonAlso won Order of the British EmpirePascual JordanAlso won Max Planck MedalFreeman DysonAlso won Max Planck MedalJanet BakerAlso won Order of the British Empire

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1902 to 1978 · aged 76
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28 languages

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