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Val Logsdon Fitch (March 10, 1923 – February 5, 2015) was an American nuclear physicist who, with co-researcher James Cronin, was awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics for a 1964 experiment using the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron at Brookhaven National Laboratory that proved that certain subatomic reactions do not adhere to ...
Val Logsdon Fitch was an American particle physicist who was corecipient, with James Watson Cronin, of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1980 for experiments conducted in 1964 that disproved the long-held theory that particle interaction should be indifferent to the direction of time.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1980 was awarded jointly to James Watson Cronin and Val Logsdon Fitch "for the discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K-mesons"
Feb 5, 2015 · Val Logsdon Fitch. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1980. Born: 10 March 1923, Merriman, NE, USA. Died: 5 February 2015, Princeton, NJ, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. Prize motivation: “for the discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K-mesons”
James S. McDonnell Distinguished Professor of Physics, Emeritus Val L. Fitch, who spent all his professional life in Princeton, died in Princeton NJ February 2, 2015, one month shy of his 92nd birthday.
Feb 11, 2015 · Feb. 10, 2015. Val Fitch, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics for work that revealed a surprising imbalance in the laws of nature and helped explain why the collision of matter and...
Feb 6, 2015 · A towering figure in physics who helped shape our understanding of the universe, Princeton University emeritus professor and Nobel laureate Val Logsdon Fitch died peacefully Feb. 5 in Princeton, New Jersey. He was 91.
Val Logsdon Fitch received the 1980 physics prize with James Cronin for proving in a 1964 experiment that some subatomic reactions do not adhere to basic symmetry principles, suggesting that rever..
Val Fitch begins by sharing his experiences as a child growing up in Gordon, Nebraska, his work as a young army technician on the Manhattan Project (8:51), witnessing the Trinity Test (18:05), and his work as a graduate student for Nobel Laureate James Rainwater (24:50).
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May 17, 2018 · Val Logsdon Fitch. In 1980, American nuclear physicist Val Logsdon Fitch (born 1923) was co-recipient with James Watson Cronin of the Nobel Prize for Physics.
