The Washington Post: Ben Roy Mottelson, Nobel laureate in physics, dies at 95
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Ben Roy Mottelson
Ben Roy Mottelson was an American-Danish nuclear physicist. He won the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the non-spherical geometry of atomic nuclei.
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Born 9 July 1926 · Died 13 May 2022 · Q107423
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2022· 4 entries
Physics World: Nobel-prize-winning nuclear physicist Ben Roy Mottelson dies aged 95
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The New York Times: Ben Roy Mottelson Dies at 95; Shed Light on the Shape of Atoms
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Died 2022-05-13.
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of Caen University (1998).
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1976· 1 entry
Won Ole Rømer Medal (1976).
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1975· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1975).
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1974· 1 entry
Won John Price Wetherill Medal (1974).
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1969· 2 entries
Awarded Atoms for Peace Award (1969).
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And the second volume, Nuclear Deformations, in 1975
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1953· 1 entry
Was appointed staff member in CERN's Theoretical Study Group, which was based in Copenhagen, a position he held until he became professor at the newly formed Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Nordita) in 1957
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1926· 1 entry
Born 1926-07-09.
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