Frederick Reines B.S. (Mechanical Engineering), Ph.D. (Physics)
Frederick Reines B.S. (Mechanical Engineering), Ph.D. (Physics)
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1995
National Medal of Science – Physical Sciences 1983
Nobel co-recipient Martin L. Perl
Name: Frederick Reines
Birth: 16 March 1918, Paterson, NJ, USA
Death: 26 August 1998, Orange, CA, USA
Institution: University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
Award: “for the detection of the neutrino”
Subject:</b. particle physics
Portion of Cash: 1/2
Education: B.S. Mechanical Engineering 1939 & M.S. Mathematical Physics, 1941 Stevens Institute of Technology. Ph.D Physics New York University 1944
Dissertation: “The Liquid Drop for Nuclear Fission”
Doctoral Advisor: Richard D. Present
Biography
Patents
Nat’l Medal – Physical Sciences
The President’s National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Title: Professor of Physics
Affiliation: University of California, Irvine Irvine,California 92664 USA
Gender: Male
Year Deceased: 1998
Award Discipline: Physical Sciences
Award Year: 1983
Citation: “For the experimental discovery of the free neutrino and the elucidation of its properties and interactions and the testing of fundamental conservation laws of physics.”
Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on February 27, 1985.