Polykarp Kusch

Polykarp Kusch

POLYKARP KUSCH d1993. German-born American physicist. In 1955, the Nobel Committee gave a divided Nobel Prize for Physics. One half going to Kusch for his accurate determination that the magnetic moment of the electron was greater than its theoretical value, thus leading to reconsideration of and innovations in quantum electrodynamics. (The other 1955 laureate was Willis Eugene Lamb who won for his work on the spectrum of hydrogen). He died in Texas aged 82 on March 20th 1993

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Polykarp Kusch

Reference Number. 14092D

£95.00

An original vintage 1968 index card, clearly signed in ink by Polykarp Kusch

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