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 Willis Eugene Lamb Jr. (1913-2008)
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| Born | July 12, 1913 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Died | May 15, 2008 (aged 94) Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |
| Residence |  United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | University of Arizona University of Oxford Yale Columbia Stanford |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | J. Robert Oppenheimer |
| Doctoral students | Marlan Scully Balázs László Győrffy |
| Known for | Lamb shift |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1955) |
Willis Eugene Lamb, Jr. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Tucson (ˈtuːsɒn is the seat of Pima County Arizona, United States, located 118 miles (188 km) southeast The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A physicist is a Scientist who studies or practices Physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning The University of Arizona (also referred to as UA, U of A, or Arizona) is a Land-grant and space-grant public institution The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement Marlan Orvil Scully is a physicist best known for his work in theoretical quantum optics Balázs László Győrffy is a Hungarian - American - British Physicist. In Physics, the Lamb shift, named after Willis Lamb (1913-2008 is a small difference in Energy between two Energy levels ^2S_{1/2} The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. (July 12, 1913 - May 15, 2008) was a physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1955 "for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum". Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common A physicist is a Scientist who studies or practices Physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Lamb and Polykarp Kusch were able to precisely determine certain electromagnetic properties of the electron. Polykarp Kusch ( January 26, 1911 &ndash March 20, 1993) was a German-American physicist Electromagnetism is the Physics of the Electromagnetic field: a field which exerts a Force on particles that possess the property of The electron is a fundamental Subatomic particle that was identified and assigned the negative charge in 1897 by J See Lamb shift. In Physics, the Lamb shift, named after Willis Lamb (1913-2008 is a small difference in Energy between two Energy levels ^2S_{1/2} Lamb was a professor at the University of Arizona. The University of Arizona (also referred to as UA, U of A, or Arizona) is a Land-grant and space-grant public institution
Lamb was born in Los Angeles, California, United States and attended Los Angeles High School. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Los Angeles High School, founded in 1873, is the oldest public High school in the Southern California Region and in the Los Angeles Unified First admitted in 1930, he received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1934. A Bachelor of Science ( BS, BSc or BSc in the UK; less commonly S The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley For theoretical work on scattering of neutrons by a crystal, guided by J. Robert Oppenheimer, he received the Ph.D. in physics in 1938 . "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. ecause of limited computational methods available at the time, this research narrowly missed revealing the Mössbauer Effect, 19 years before its recognition by Mössbauer. The Mössbauer effect (Mößbauer) a physical phenomenon discovered by Rudolf Mößbauer in 1957, refers to the resonant and recoil-free emission and absorption Mössbauer spectroscopy (Mößbauer is a spectroscopic technique based on the Mössbauer effect. Lamb was the Wykeham Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford from 1956 to 1962, and also taught at Yale, Columbia and Stanford. The University of Oxford has three statutory professorships named after William of Wykeham. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in Lamb died on May 15th, 2008, at the age of 94.
External links
- Obituary, University of Arizona, 16 May, 2008.
- Hans Bethe talking about Willis Lamb on Peoples Archive. The Peoples Archive is a website which has videos of notable persons telling their life stories.
- Willis E Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics.
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| NAME | Lamb, Willis Eugene, Jr. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lamb, Willis |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American Physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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