Raymond Davis Jr.
American scientist (1914-2006)
Raymond (Ray) Davis, Jr. (October 14, 1914 – May 31, 2006) was an American chemist and physicist. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002.[2] He was awarded the prize for the detection of cosmic neutrinos, looking at the solar neutrino problem in the Homestake Experiment. He was 88 years old when awarded the prize.
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 Davis in 2001 | |
| Born | October 14, 1914 Washington, D.C., USA |
| Died | May 31, 2006 (aged 91)[1] Blue Point, New York, USA |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland Yale University |
| Known for | Neutrinos |
| Awards | Comstock Prize in Physics (1978) Tom W. Bonner Prize (1988) Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize (1994) Wolf Prize in Physics (2000) National Medal of Science (2001) Nobel Prize in Physics (2002) Enrico Fermi Award (2003) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry, physics |
| Institutions | Monsanto University of Pennsylvania |
Davis, Jr. died in Blue Point, New York from Alzheimer's disease, aged 91.[3]
References change
- ↑ Kenneth Chang (2 June 2006). "Raymond Davis Jr., Nobelist Who Caught Neutrinos, Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
- ↑ Lande, Kenneth (October 2006). "Obituary: Raymond Davis Jr". Physics Today. 59 (10): 78–80. Bibcode:2006PhT....59j..78L. doi:10.1063/1.2387099.
- ↑ David B. Caruso (2 June 2006). "Raymond Davis, who detected elusive solar particles, dies at 91". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
Other websites change
- Photograph, Biography and Bibliographic Resources, from the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, United States Department of Energy
- Raymond Davis, Jr. biography at the Nobel Foundation
- Raymond Davis Jr. Archived 2015-02-28 at the Wayback Machine, Brookhaven National Lab Web site
- Neutrino web at PBS NOVA
- The Raymond Davis Scholarship Archived 2014-07-26 at the Wayback Machine Society for Imaging Science and Technology
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