Felix Bloch
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Felix Bloch was a Swiss-American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and solid-state physics.
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Physics
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Swiss-American → human → physicist → theoretical physicist → |
| awardReceived |
Max Planck Medal
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Nobel Prize in Physics → |
| causeOfDeath |
heart attack
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| citizenship |
Switzerland
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United States of America → |
| countryOfBirth |
Switzerland
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| countryOfDeath |
Switzerland
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| dateOfBirth |
1905-10-23
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| dateOfDeath |
1983-09-10
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| doctoralAdvisor |
Werner Heisenberg
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| educatedAt |
ETH Zürich
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University of Leipzig → |
| employer |
ETH Zürich
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Los Alamos Laboratory → Stanford University → University of Leipzig → |
| familyName |
Bloch
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| fieldOfWork |
nuclear magnetic resonance
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nuclear physics → physics → solid-state physics → theoretical physics → |
| givenName |
Felix
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| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Physical Society → National Academy of Sciences → |
| movement |
quantum mechanics
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| NobelPrizeMotivation |
for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith
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| NobelPrizeSharedWith |
Edward Mills Purcell
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| NobelPrizeYear |
1952
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| notableContribution |
formulation of Bloch equations for nuclear magnetization dynamics
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foundational work in solid-state physics → introduction of Bloch waves to describe electrons in crystals → pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance → |
| notableStudent |
Charles P. Slichter
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| notableWork |
Bloch equations
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Bloch theorem → Bloch waves → theory of nuclear induction → |
| placeOfBirth |
Zürich
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| placeOfDeath |
Zürich
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| positionHeld |
first director-general of CERN
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professor at Stanford University → |
| sexOrGender |
male
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Referenced by (7)
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Los Alamos Laboratory
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employed |
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ETH Zurich
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hasAlumni |
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ETH Zurich
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hasNotableAlumni |
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Max Planck Medal
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hasRecipient |
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Wolfgang Pauli
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influenced |
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École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich
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notableAlumni |
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Edward M. Purcell
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sharesNobelPrizeWith |