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Victor Weisskopf

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Austrian American theoretical physicist (1908-2002)

United StatesScientistsLived 1908 to 2002 · aged 93
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Victor Frederick "Viki" Weisskopf was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist and Director-General of CERN from 1961 - 1965.

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Awards 19

1991NAS Public Welfare Medal
1991Joseph A. Burton Forum Award
1988Enrico Fermi Award
1984William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement
1983J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize
1981Wolf Prize in Physics
1981Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
1979National Medal of Science
1976Oersted Medal
1972Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
1966doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris
1962doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon
1956Max Planck Medal
Guggenheim Fellowship
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
honorary doctor of the University of Vienna
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Albert Einstein Medal
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Connected to Victor 6

Abraham PaisAlso won J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial PrizeKamel DaoudAlso won Prix mondial Cino Del DucaGeorge UhlenbeckAlso won Max Planck MedalMartin GardnerAlso won Joseph A. Burton Forum AwardWarren WeaverAlso won NAS Public Welfare MedalHubert ReevesAlso won Albert Einstein Medal

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 2002 · aged 93
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29 languages

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