1989

Curriculum Vitae

Born 27 August 1915 in Washington, D.C.; Ph.D., Columbia University 1940; since 1947 employed at Harvard University, from 1966 as Higgins Professor of Physics. Executive Secretary of the group that established the Brookhaven National Laboratory and first Chairman of its physics division; Chairman of Universities Research Association, which planned the Fermi Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 1966-1972;…

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National Academy of Sciences Board on Physics and Astronomy 2101 Constitution Av., MH 456 Washington, DC20418, USA Born 9 September 1922 in Görlitz, Germany; graduate studies in Gottingen 1946-1950; post-doctoral studies Gottingen 1950-52 and Duke University, North Carolina, U.S.A., 1952-1955; Assistant Professor 1955, Associate Professor 1958 and full Professor 1961 at the University of Washington,…

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Interview

Interview transcript Professor, I want to say thank you very much for coming to this interview today. Norman F. Ramsey: Happy to be here. I would like to start off by asking you, you are now in your 90s and you’re still working, I believe. Norman F. Ramsey: I’m almost in my…

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Curriculum Vitae

Born 10 August 1913 in Lorenzkirch, Germany; 1939 Dr.-lng., Technische Hochschule, Charlottenberg; since 1952 Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Bonn; 1965-1967 Director of the Division of Nuclear Physics at CERN. German citizen. Address Physikalisches Institut der Universität Bonn Nussallee 12 D-5300 Bonn Federal Republic of Germany tel inst: +49 – (228) 732345…

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Banquet speech

Norman F. Ramsey’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1989 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of Wolfgang Paul, Hans Dehmelt and myself, I wish to express our deepest thanks for the honors granted to us today. For me it is a double pleasure to share this award with two…

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