Georges Charpak

Who is this?

Hersz Georges Charpak (French: [ʒɔʁʒ ʃaʁpak]; 1 August 1924 – 29 September 2010) was a Polish-born French physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1992 for his invention of the multiwire proportional chamber.

Career

1. 1924
   Born
2. 1973
   Won Jean-Ricard Prize
3. 1985
   Member of French Academy of Sciences
4. 1986
   Member of National Academy of Sciences
5. 1992
   Won Nobel Prize in Physics
6. 1993
   Won Knight of the Legion of Honour
7. 1997
   Won Officer of the National Order of Merit
8. 2007
   Won Officer of the Legion of Honour
9. 2010
   Passed away
10. Member of Austrian Academy of Sciences

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Dubrovytsia
• •Citizenship: France, Poland
• •Known as: physicist, French resistance fighter, researcher
• •Spouse: Dominique Vidal