Samuel Zhaozhong Ting ( Ding ) in physics in 1976 "for his fundamental contribution to the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new type" ( J / ψ-meson ) together with Burton Richter .
| Samuel Ting | |
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| 丁肇中English Samuel Chao Chung Ting ; Pinyin : Dīng Zhàozhōng; Wade — Giles : Ting¹ Chao⁴-chung¹ | |
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| Place of Birth | Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA |
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| Scientific field | physics |
| Place of work | CERN |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan Columbia University |
| supervisor | and |
| Awards and prizes | Ernest Lawrence Prize (1975)  Nobel Prize in Physics ( 1976 ) |
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Early Years and Education
Born in a family of Chinese scientists. Shortly after the birth of Samuel, they left for China, subsequently to Taiwan. At the age of 20, Samuel Ting returned to the United States. He graduated from the University of Michigan (doctorate in physics in 1962). He taught at Columbia University, since 1967 - at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (professor since 1969).
Rewards
Personal life
Married Susan Marx in 1985. They have a son, Christopher, born in 1986. In addition, Samuel has two daughters, Jeanne and Amy, from an earlier marriage [4] .
Community Activities
In 1992, he signed the “ Warning to Humanity” [5] .
See also
- J / ψ meson
Notes
- ↑ Ting Samuel // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ed. A. M. Prokhorov - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1969.
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ Mathematical Genealogy - 1997.
- ↑ The Nobel Prize in Physics 1976 . NobelPrize.org. Circulation date May 12, 2019.
- ↑ World Scientists' Warning To Humanity . Circulation date May 12, 2019.
Links
- S. Thing . "The Discovery of the J-Particle (Personal Impressions)." Nobel Lecture // Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk , Volume 125, Issue 2, June 1978
- Samuel Thing's profile on the official website of the RAS
- Temples Yu. A. Ting Samuel (Ting Samuel) // Physicists: Biographical reference book / Ed. A.I. Akhiezer . - Ed. 2nd, rev. and add. - M .: Nauka , 1983 .-- S. 261. - 400 p. - 200,000 copies. (per.)
- TING (Ting), Samuel C. Ch. Biography on the site of the electronic library "Science and Technology"
- Information from the Nobel Committee website