Simon van der Meer
Dutch physicist
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Simon van der Meer was a Dutch particle accelerator physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Carlo Rubbia for contributions to the CERN project which led to the discovery of the W and Z particles, the two fundamental... Wikipedia
Born: November 24, 1925, The Hague, Netherlands
Died: March 4, 2011 (age 85 years), Geneva, Switzerland
Partner: Catharina M. Koopman
Nationality: Dutch and Swiss
Awards: Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize (1982) and Nobel Prize in Physics (1984)
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