Victor F. Weisskopf

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Austrian-American physicist human theoretical physicist

Victor F. Weisskopf was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist renowned for his contributions to quantum electrodynamics, his leadership at CERN and MIT, and his influential role in science education and public advocacy.

Aliases (3)

V. F. Weisskopf ×1
Victor F. Weisskopf Professor of Physics at MIT ×1
Victor Weisskopf ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austrian-American physicist → human → theoretical physicist →
alternateName	Viki Weisskopf →
awardReceived	Max Planck Medal → National Medal of Science → Oersted Medal → Wolf Prize in Physics →
birthCountry	Austria-Hungary →
birthDate	1908-09-19 →
birthPlace	Vienna →
causeOfDeath	heart failure →
collaboratedWith	Enrico Fermi → Hans Bethe → Niels Bohr → Wolfgang Pauli →
countryOfCitizenship	Austria → United States of America →
deathDate	2002-04-21 →
doctoralAdvisor	Max Born →
educatedAt	University of Göttingen → University of Vienna →
emigratedTo	United States of America →
familyName	Weisskopf →
fieldOfWork	nuclear physics → quantum electrodynamics → theoretical physics →
givenName	Victor →
knownFor	contributions to quantum electrodynamics → leadership at CERN → leadership at MIT → science education and public advocacy → work on radiative corrections → work on the self-energy of the electron →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Physical Society → Manhattan Project → National Academy of Sciences →
notableWork	Knowledge and Wonder → Theoretical Nuclear Physics →
positionHeld	Director-General of CERN → Head of the Physics Department at MIT → Professor of Physics at MIT →
religion	Judaism →
workedAt	CERN → Massachusetts Institute of Technology → Niels Bohr Institute → University of Leipzig →
workLocation	Los Alamos Laboratory →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gerald Guralnik ("V. F. Weisskopf") →	doctoralAdvisor
Oersted Medal →	hasRecipient
Wolfgang Pauli ("Victor Weisskopf") →	influenced
Alan Guth ("Victor F. Weisskopf Professor of Physics at MIT") →	positionHeld