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James Cronin
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James Watson Cronin | |
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![]() Cronin at the 2010 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting | |
Born | Chicago, Illinois, USA | 29 September 1931
Died | August 25, 2016 Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. | (aged 84)
Nationality | United States |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | University of Chicago |
Alma mater | Southern Methodist University University of Chicago (Ph.D.) |
Known for | Nuclear physics |
Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Physics John Price Wetherill Medal National Medal of Science |
References
Other websites
- Biography and Bibliographic Resources, from the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, United States Department of Energy
- Cronin's Nobel lecture on CP Symmetry Violation
- James Watson Cronin at Nobel-winners.com
- James Cronin at nobelprize.org
- the discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K-mesons.
- Short biography at the University of Chicago