“most people who use quantum mechanics have little need to know much about the interpretation of the subject.”
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Willis Lamb
Willis Eugene Lamb Jr. was an American physicist who was able to precisely determine a surprising shift in electron energies in a hydrogen atom, known as the Lamb shift. For this work, Lamb shared the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics with Polykarp Kusch. He was a professor at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences.
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science · American physicist (1913–2008) · physicist · university teacher · also Willis Lamb, Willis Eugene Lamb, Willis Lamb, Junior, Willis Lamb, Jr, Willis E. Lamb, Lamb
Born 12 July 1913 · Died 15 May 2008 · Q186497
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2018· 1 entry
Published “The Immune Landscape of Cancer” in Immunity — cited 4,795 times.
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2014· 1 entry
Published “Better reporting of interventions: template for intervention description and replication (TIDieR) checklist and guide” in BMJ — cited 8,360 times.
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2008· 2 entries
Died 2008-05-15.
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At the age of 94, due to complications of a gallstone disorder
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2006· 1 entry
Published “The Connectivity Map: Using Gene-Expression Signatures to Connect Small Molecules, Genes, and Disease” in Science — cited 4,644 times.
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2005· 1 entry
Published “MicroRNA expression profiles classify human cancers” in Nature — cited 7,869 times.
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2000· 2 entries
Won National Medal of Science (2000).
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Published “The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary” in The Astronomical Journal — cited 8,938 times.
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of Ulm University (1997).
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1992· 1 entry
Awarded Einstein Prize for Laser Science (1992).
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1990· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate from Columbia University (1990).
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Published “Solid C60: a new form of carbon” in Nature — cited 7,085 times.
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1974· 1 entry
Became Professor of Physics and Optical Science at the University of Arizona, where he remained until his retirement in 2003
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1965· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of Yeshiva University (1965).
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1962· 1 entry
Was appointed Henry Ford II Professor of Physics at Yale University
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1960· 1 entry
Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (1960).
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1958· 1 entry
Awarded Guthrie Lecture (1958).
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1955· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1955).
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1953· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Pennsylvania (1953).
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Awarded Rumford Prize (1953).
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1951· 1 entry
Was appointed Professor of Physics at Stanford University
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1939· 1 entry
Lamb married Ursula Schäfer (1914–1996), a German student who became a distinguished historian of Latin America (and assumed his last name)
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1938· 1 entry
Lamb became Instructor in Physics at Columbia University, where he was promoted to Professor of Physics in 1948
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1913· 2 entries
Born 1913-07-12.
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In Los Angeles, California, the son of Willis Eugene Lamb Sr
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