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Samuel Goudsmit

Dutch-American physicist (1902-1978) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 76

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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1978Died4 December 19781976National Medal of ScienceAward1964Max Planck MedalAward1938Guggenheim FellowshipAward1902Born11 July 1902

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National Medal of Science1976
Max Planck Medal1964
Guggenheim Fellowship1938
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Order of the British Empire

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