Val Logsdon Fitch (born March 10, 1923) is an Americannuclear physicist. A native of Nebraska, he graduated from McGill University with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1948 and was awarded a Ph.D. in physics by Columbia University in 1954. March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nuclear physics is the branch of physics concerned with the nucleus of the atom. ... State nickname: Cornhusker State Other U.S. States Capital Lincoln Largest city Omaha Governor Dave Heineman Official languages English Area 200,520 km² (16th) - Land 199,099 km² - Water 1,247 km² (0. ... McGill University is a publicly funded, research-intensive, non-denominational, co-educational university located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The willingness to question previously held truths and search for new answers resulted in a period of major scientific advancements, now known as the Scientific Revolution. ... Columbia University is a private university in New York City. ...
Fitch and co-researcher James Watson Cronin were awarded the 1980Nobel Prize in Physics for a 1964 experiment that proved that certain subatomic reactions do not adhere to fundamental symmetry principles. Specifically, they proved, by examining the decay of K-mesons, that a reaction run in reverse does not merely retrace the path of the original reaction, which showed that the reactions of subatomic particles are not indifferent to time. Thus the phenomenon of CP violation was discovered. James Watson Cronin (born September 29, 1931) is an American nuclear physicist. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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the discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K-mesons. (http://eraserall.bravehost.com/swq/fitch-autobio.html)
Fitch and co-researcher James Watson Cronin were awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics for a 1964 experiment that proved that certain subatomic reactions do not adhere to fundamental symmetry principles.
Specifically, they proved, by examining the decay of K-mesons, that a reaction run in reverse does not merely retrace the path of the original reaction, which showed that the reactions of subatomic particles are not indifferent to time.
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