Felix Bloch
Felix Bloch | |
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Bloch in 1961 | |
| Born | 23 October 1905 Zurich, Switzerland |
| Died | 10 September 1983 (aged 77) Zurich, Switzerland |
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| Known for | Bloch equations (1946) |
| Spouse |
Lore Clara Misch (m. 1940) |
| Children | 4 |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1952) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
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| Thesis | Über die Quantenmechanik der Elektronen in Kristallgittern (On the quantum mechanics of electrons in crystal lattices) (1929) |
| Doctoral advisor | Werner Heisenberg |
| Other academic advisors | Peter Debye |
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| 1st Director-General of CERN | |
| In office 1954–1955 | |
| Preceded by | Edoardo Amaldi (as Secretary-General) |
| Succeeded by | Cornelis Bakker |
Felix Bloch (/blɒk/; German: [blɔx] ⓘ; 23 October 1905 – 10 September 1983) was a Swiss-American physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics with Edward Mills Purcell "for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith". Bloch made fundamental theoretical contributions to the understanding of ferromagnetism and electron behavior in crystal lattices. He is also considered one of the developers of nuclear magnetic resonance.