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Georges Charpak

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Georges Charpak (1 August 1924 to 29 September 2010) was a Polish-born French physicist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1992 for his invention of the multiwire proportional chamber, a particle detector that transformed experimental particle physics.

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Birth Year
1924 1
Death Date
2010-09-29 1
Death Year
2010 1
Death Place
5th arrondissement of Paris, France 1
Nationality
France 1
Nationality
Poland 1
Birthplace
Dubrovytsia, Ukraine 1
Field
Field (category)
Physics 1
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CERN, Institutions
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Works In

Physics, Disciplines
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1. Georges Charpak (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
    +2010-09-29T00:00:00Z
  • P570 (date of death): full date
    +2010-09-29T00:00:00Z
  • P27 (country of citizenship): France
    Q142
  • P20 (place of death): 5th arrondissement of Paris, France
    Q238723
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Poland
    Q36
  • P19 (place of birth): Dubrovytsia, Ukraine
    Q205765
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Georges Charpak (Wikipedia)
  • Works In: Physics, Infobox, fields
    Infobox fields: Physics
  • Member Of: CERN, Infobox, workplaces
    Infobox workplaces: CERN; ESPCI Paris
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