Samuel Goudsmit
Samuel Goudsmit · Science & Medicine
Physicist; co-discovered electron spin
1902, The Hague, Netherlands — 1978, Reno, Nevada, United States
Netherlands · United States
Samuel Goudsmit is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; co-discovered electron spin
Goudsmit, a Dutch Jewish physicist, co-discovered electron spin with George Uhlenbeck in 1925, a cornerstone of quantum mechanics. His parents were murdered at Auschwitz; during the war he led the Allied Alsos Mission that investigated the Nazi atomic program.
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Physicist; co-discovered electron spin
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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