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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectGeorges Charpak
Dates
August 1, 1924 – September 29, 2010
Authorized Form of Name
Charpak, Georges
Additional Forms of Names
Charpak, G. (Georges)
Charpak, Georges, 1924-2010
Biography
Abstract
Georges Charpak was a instrumentation physicist at École Supérieure de Physique et Chimie, Paris, France. He was awarded the 1992 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber."
Important Dates
August 1, 1924Birth, Dąbrowica (Lublin, Poland).
1946Naturalized French citizen.
1948Obtained BSc degree in Mining, Mines ParisTech (École des Mines de Paris), Paris (France).
1948 – 1959Researcher, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris (France).
1954Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Paris (Université de Paris), Paris (France).
1959 – 1991Researcher, CERN (Centre Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire), Geneva (Switzerland).
1980 – 1985Professor of Physics (1980-1984) and Joliot-Curie Professor of Physics (1984-1985), School of Advanced Studies in Physics and Chemistry (École Supérieure de Physique et Chimie), Paris (France).
1985Member, French Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences).
1985 – 1991Participated in experiments, Fermilab, Batavia (Ill.).
1992Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics "for his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber".
September 29, 2010Death, Paris (France).
Occupation
Instrumentation physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Breskin, Amos
Advised by Charpak at Joseph-Fourier University (Université scientifique et médicale de Grenoble).
PhD advisor at University of Paris (Université de Paris).
Colleagues
Both employed at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Additional
Broch, Henri
Garassino, René
Omnès, Roland
Saudinos, Dominique
Institutions
Major Positions
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France)
Researcher.
Ecole supérieure de physique et de chimie (Paris, France)
Professor of Physics and Joliot-Curie Professor of Physics.
European Organization for Nuclear Research
Researcher.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Académie des Sciences (France)
Member.
École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris
Obtained BSc degree in Mining (1948).
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Participated in experiments.
Université de Paris
Obtained PhD in Physics (1954).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Georges Charpak archives, 1959-2007 (bulk post-1992).
Scientific Information Service.
CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research)
CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Subject
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Discours prononcés lors de la cérémonie en hommage et à la mémoire de Georges Charpak, 2011 March 1.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Leon Lederman, 1990 May 7.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
Devenez sorciers, devenez savants/ Georges Charpak, Henri Broch.
La vie à fil tendu/ Georges Charpak, Dominique Saudinos.
Megawatts and megatons: a turning point in the nuclear age?/ Richard L. Garwin & Georges Charpak.
Soyez savants, devenez prophètes/ Georges Charpak, Roland Omnès.
Subject
Encyclopaedia Britannica - Georges Charpak French Physicist