Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr. facts for kids
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Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr.
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Ramsay in 1970
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| Born | August 27, 1915 |
| Died | November 4, 2011 (aged 96) |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | Columbia University, University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Separated oscillatory field method |
| Awards | Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (1960) Davisson-Germer Prize (1974) IEEE Medal of Honor (1984) Oersted Medal (1988) National Medal of Science (1988) Nobel Prize in Physics (1989) |
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| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Doctoral advisor | Isidor Isaac Rabi |
| Doctoral students | David J. Wineland, Daniel Kleppner, Howard Berg |
Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr. (August 27, 1915 – November 4, 2011) was an American physicist. He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hans Georg Dehmelt.
Ramsay was born on August 27, 1915 in Washington, D.C.. He studied at Columbia University and at the University of Cambridge.
He was 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. Among his other accomplishments are helping to found the United States Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Fermilab.
Ramsay was a Democrat. Ramsay died on November 4, 2011 in Wayland, Massachusetts from natural causes, aged 96.
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The Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter was specifically designed to take advantage of the new radar
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Ramsey signs the Fat Man used at Nagasaki
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The Harvard cyclotron during construction in 1948. Shown are Ramsey (left) and Lee Davenport (right)
