Robert Hofstadter Ph.D.
Robert Hofstadter Ph.D.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1961
National Medal of Science – Physical Science 1986
Nobel co-recipient Rudolf Mössbauer
Name: Robert Hofstadter
Birth: 5 February 1915, New York, NY, USA
Death: 17 November 1990, Stanford, CA, USA
Affiliation at the time of the award: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Prize motivation: “for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his thereby achieved discoveries concerning the structure of the nucleons”
Field: nuclear physics
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Honoring Hofstadter
Nat’l Medal – Physical Sciences
The President’s National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Title: Professor of Physics
Affiliation: Stanford University Stanford,California USA
Gender: Male
Year Deceased: 1990
Award Discipline: Physical Sciences
Award Year: 1986
Citation: “For his discovery and development of the sodium iodide scintillation counter leading to its application to spectroscopy in virtually all branches of science and technology, including imaging in medicine, and for his contributions to the understanding of the structure of elementary particles and atomic nuclei stemming from the development of the electron scattering method.”
Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on March 12, 1986.