Willis Lamb

Willis Eugene Lamb Jr. was an American physicist who was able to precisely determine a surprising shift in electron energies in a hydrogen atom, known as the Lamb shift. For this work, Lamb shared the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics with Polykarp Kusch.

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Who was born first?

• Willis Lamb and Stanford Moore were born the same year
• Willis Lamb and Mary Kenneth Keller were born the same year
• Willis Lamb and Suzan Kahramaner were born the same year
• Willis Lamb and Paul Erdős were born the same year
• Willis Lamb and Roger Sperry were born the same year

Timeline

1. Mary Kenneth KellerDecember 17, 1913 – January 10, 1985
2. Paul ErdősMarch 26, 1913 – September 20, 1996
3. Roger SperryAugust 20, 1913 – April 1994
4. Stanford MooreSeptember 4, 1913 – August 23, 1982
5. Suzan KahramanerMay 21, 1913 – February 22, 2006
6. Willis Lamb (this page)July 12, 1913 – May 15, 2008

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• Immanuel KantApril 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804
• René DescartesMarch 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650
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