| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Year: | 1959 |
| Number: | 58 - 0 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1907 |
| Year, Death: | 1973 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | Heidelberg University |
| City: | Heidelberg |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Maria Goeppert-Mayer |
| Gender: | F |
| Year, Birth: | 1906 |
| Year, Death: | 1972 |
| Profession: | Dr |
| University: | Enrico-Fermi-Institut |
| City: | Chicago |
| State: | IL |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 |
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Nominee 3:
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| Name: | Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1894 |
| Year, Death: | 1984 |
| Profession: | Academic |
| City: | Moscow |
| Country: | RUSSIAN FEDERATION (RU) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1978 |
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Nominee 4:
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| Name: | Cornelis Jacobus Gorter |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1907 |
| Year, Death: | 1980 |
| City: | Leiden |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Max Born |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1882 |
| Year, Death: | 1970 |
| City: | Bad Pyrmont |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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| Comments: |
First choice: J H D Jensen sharing prize with Maria Goeppert-Mayer.
Second choice: Pyotr L Kapitza sharing prize with Cornelius J Gorter. |
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