Anatole Abragam (born December 15, 1914) is a French physicist who wrote Principles of Nuclear Magnetism and has made significant contributions to the field of nuclear magnetic resonance. Originally from Russia, Abragam and his family emigrated to France in 1925. December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Pacific Northwest National Laboratorys high magnetic field (800 MHz, 18. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

After being educated at the University of Paris, (1933 - 1936), he served in the Second World War. After the war, he resumed his studies at the École Supérieure d'Electricité and subsequently obtained his Ph.D. from Oxford University in 1950 under the supervision of Maurice Pryce. The Sorbonne, Paris, in a 17th century engraving The historic University of Paris (French: Université de Paris) first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was in 1970 reorganized as 13 autonomous universities (University of Paris I–XIII). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is becoming very long. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...

From 1960 to 1985, he worked as a professor at the Collège de France. He was awarded the Lorentz Medal in 1982. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Courtyard of the Collège de France. ... Lorentz Medal is an award given every four years by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. ...

Books

Time Reversal, an autobiography by Anatole Abragam, Oxford University Press, 1989. Translated by the author from the original French publication, De la physique avant toute chose. Worth reading for insight into science, scientific politics, and the human condition -- similar in this respect to molecular biologist Francois Jacob's autobiography The Statue Within (Basic Books, 1988). François Jacob (born June 17, 1920) is a French biologist, who together with Jacques Monod, originated the idea that control of enzyme levels in all cells happens through feedback on transcription. ...

External links

• Eric W. Weisstein, Abragam, Anatole (1914-) at ScienceWorld.