Kusch, Polykarp

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Polykarp Kusch
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Name	Kusch, Polykarp Gender: M
born on	26 January 1911 at 15:15 (= 3:15 PM )
Place	Blankenburg, Germany, 51n48, 10e58
Timezone	MET h1e (is standard time)
Data source	Quoted BC/BR Rodden Rating AA
Astrology data	05°32' 22°22 Asc. 18°59'

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Biography

German author, teacher and physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1955 for his determination of the magnetic movement of the electron. He worked at the Radiation Lab of National Defense and for Bell Telephone labs, becoming a physics professor at Columbia in 1946, where he introduced the physics course.

Kusch was the son of a Lutheran missionary who emigrated to the U.S., where he was educated. He received a Ph.D. at the University of Illinois, then taught for a few years along with military service in WW II. He wrote many science papers and was noted for his contributions to the knowledge of the atom.

Died 3/20/1992, after a series of strokes at his home in Dallas.

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Events

• Death by Disease 20 March 1992 (Series of strokes, age 81)
• Work : Prize 1955 (Nobel Prize)

• Work : New Career 1946 (Physics professor, Columbia Univ.)

Source Notes

Steinbrecher quotes B.R.

Categories

• Vocation : Science : Physics

• Notable : Awards : Nobel prize (1955)

• Vocation : Education : Teacher (Physics professor)

• Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Stroke (Series of strokes when older, terminal)

• Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist (Science papers)

• Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 81)

• Traits : Mind : Education extensive (Ph.D.)

• Vocation : Military : Military service (During WW II)

• Traits : Mind : Exceptional mind