Maria Goeppert Mayer

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German-American Nobel laureate human nuclear physicist physicist theoretical physicist

Maria Goeppert Mayer was a German-American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for developing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus.

Aliases (1)

Maria Goeppert ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German-American → Nobel laureate → human → nuclear physicist → physicist → theoretical physicist →
academicDegree	PhD in physics →
awardReceived	Nobel Prize in Physics →
birthName	Maria Goeppert →
causeOfDeath	stroke →
countryOfCitizenship	Germany → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1906-06-28 →
dateOfDeath	1972-02-20 →
doctoralAdvisor	Max Born →
educatedAt	University of Göttingen →
employer	Argonne National Laboratory → University of California, San Diego → University of Chicago →
familyName	Goeppert → Mayer →
fieldOfWork	nuclear physics → theoretical physics →
fullName	Maria Goeppert Mayer →
gender	female →
givenName	Maria →
knownFor	nuclear shell model → shell structure of the atomic nucleus →
languageSpoken	English → German →
memberOf	American Physical Society → National Academy of Sciences →
NobelPrize.category	Physics →
NobelPrize.year	1963 →
notableAchievement	independent development of the nuclear shell model →
notableAs	second woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics →
occupation	university teacher →
placeOfBirth	German Empire → Kattowitz → Province of Silesia →
placeOfDeath	California → San Diego → United States →
precededByInNobelPhysics	Marie Curie →
sharedNobelPrizeWith	Eugene Wigner → J. Hans D. Jensen →
spouse	Joseph Edward Mayer →
workLocation	Chicago → San Diego →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Maria Goeppert Mayer ("Maria Goeppert") →	birthName
Met Lab →	employed
Maria Goeppert Mayer →	fullName
Maria Goeppert Mayer Award →	namedAfter
Max Born →	notableStudent