The Nobel Prize in Physics 1955
Awarded on: 1955-11-02
"for his precision determination of the magnetic moment of the electron"
Affiliations:
- Columbia University – New York, NY, USA
Polykarp Kusch
Born: 1911-01-26 in Blankenburg, Germany
Gender: male
Field: German-American physicist (1911–1993)
Biography
Polykarp Kusch was a German-American physicist who shared the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics with Willis Eugene Lamb for his accurate determination that the electron magnetic moment was greater than its theoretical value, thus leading to reconsideration of and innovations in quantum electrodynamics.