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Kai Manne Börje Siegbahn was a Swedish physicist who shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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science · Swedish physicist (1918–2007) · physicist · university teacher · also Kai Siegbahn, Manne Kai Siegbahn, Siegbahn
Born 20 April 1918 · Died 20 July 2007 · Q192712
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Died 2007-07-20.
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of the Mediterranean - Aix Marseille II (1998).
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for his contribution to the development of high-resolution electron spectroscopy.
Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1981).
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Siegbahn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Arthur Schawlow
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Won Torbern Bergman Medal (1979).
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Awarded Björkén Prize (1977).
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Awarded Sixten Heyman Award (1971).
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Published a book, ESCA; atomic, molecular and solid state structure studied by means of electron spectroscopy
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Awarded Björkén Prize (1955).
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Where he remained until his retirement in 1984
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Born 1918-04-20.
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