Simon van der Meer

Simon van der Meer was a Dutch particle accelerator physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Carlo Rubbia for contributions to the CERN project which led to the discovery of the W and Z particles, the two fundamental communicators of the weak interaction.

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Who was born first?

• Simon van der Meer and Evelyn Berezin were born the same year
• Simon van der Meer and John Shepherd-Barron were born the same year
• Simon van der Meer and David Warren were born the same year
• Simon van der Meer and Douglas Engelbart were born the same year
• Simon van der Meer was born 1 year before Lou Ottens

Timeline

1. David WarrenMarch 20, 1925 – July 19, 2010
2. Douglas EngelbartJanuary 30, 1925 – July 2, 2013
3. Evelyn BerezinApril 12, 1925 – December 8, 2018
4. John Shepherd-BarronJune 23, 1925 – May 15, 2010
5. Simon van der Meer (this page)November 24, 1925 – March 4, 2011
6. Lou OttensJune 21, 1926 – March 6, 2021

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