Ernest Courant
Ernest Courant · Science & Medicine
Co-invented strong focusing, the basis of modern particle accelerators; Fermi Award (1986); son of Richard Courant
1920, Göttingen, Germany — 2020, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Germany · United States
Ernest Courant is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Co-invented strong focusing, the basis of modern particle accelerators; Fermi Award (1986); son of Richard Courant
Courant co-invented the strong-focusing (alternating-gradient) principle, the breakthrough that made modern high-energy particle accelerators possible, for which he received the Enrico Fermi Award in 1986. The son of the mathematician Richard Courant, he fled Nazi Germany and built his career in the United States. He was born into a Jewish family in Göttingen.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Enrico Fermi Award
Co-invented strong focusing, the basis of modern particle accelerators; Fermi Award (1986); son of Richard Courant
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Enrico Fermi Award
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