Simon van der Meer [SEP] date of birth
Simon van der Meer
Simon van der Meer (24 November 19254 March 2011) was a Dutch particle accelerator physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Carlo Rubbia for contributions to the CERN project which led to the discovery of the W and Z particles, two of the most fundamental constituents of matter.
Biography.
One of four children, Simon van der Meer was born and grew up in The Hague, the Netherlands, in a family of teachers. He was educated at the city's gymnasium
by category/country of birth Netherlands.
1. Ben Feringa, Chemistry, 2016
2. Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Peace, 2013
3. Andre Geim, "born in Soviet Union, now Russia", Physics, 2010
4. Martinus J. G. Veltman, Physics, 1999
5. Gerard 't Hooft, Physics, 1999
6. Paul J. Crutzen, Chemistry, 1995
7. Simon van der Meer, Physics, 1984
8. Nicolaas Bloembergen*, Physics