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James Cronin
American physicist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Watson Cronin (September 29, 1931 ā August 25, 2016) was an American nuclear physicist. Cronin and co-researcher Val Logsdon Fitch were awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics for a 1964 experiment that proved that certain subatomic reactions are not the same as to fundamental symmetry principles (called CP violation).[1]
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James Watson Cronin | |
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![]() Cronin at the 2010 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting | |
Born | (1931-09-29)September 29, 1931 |
Died | August 25, 2016(2016-08-25) (aged 84) Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
Nationality | United States |
Alma mater | Southern Methodist University University of Chicago (Ph.D.) |
Known for | Nuclear physics |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics John Price Wetherill Medal National Medal of Science |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | University of Chicago |
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Cronin died on August 25, 2016 in Saint Paul, Minnesota at the age of 84.[2][3]