Norman Foster Ramsey
Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. was an American physicist who was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the separated oscillatory field method, which had important applications in the construction of atomic clocks. A physics professor at Harvard University for most of his career, Ramsey also held several posts with such government and international agencies as NATO and the United States Atomic Energy Commission.
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- Born in
- Washington, D.C.
- Educated at
- University of CambridgeColumbia UniversityLeavenworth High School
- Awards
- 🏆 John Jay Award🏆 I. I. Rabi Award🏆 honorary doctor of Harvard University🏆 Fellow of the American Physical Society
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Isidor Isaac Rabi
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 David J. Wineland📖 Daniel Kleppner📖 William Nierenberg📖 Norton Hintz📖 Reuven Opher
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1915
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Birth2011
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