Bloch, Felix

Bloch, Felix
(1905–1983)
   US physicist and Nobel laureate, 1952. Born in Switzerland, Bloch graduated from the University of Leipzig in 1928 and worked with such renowned scientists as Carl Heisenberg, Niels BOHR and Enrico Fermi. During these years he made basic contributions to the study of quantum theory and began his investigations into the magnetic properties of crystals and of the energy losses from charged particles in rapid motion. After the Nazi rise to power in Germany, he emigrated to the United States in 1934, and taught physics at Stanford University. There he developed an interest in experimental physics and in 1940, together with L.D.Alvarez, was the first to determine the magnetic moment of the neutron. During World War II he worked on the atomic bomb project at Los Alamos, returning to pure physics at Stanford after the war. He studied the magnetic fields of atomic nuclei, and shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1952. He visited and lectured in Israel on several occasions.

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  • BLOCH, FELIX — (1905–1983), U.S. physicist and Nobel Prize laureate. Bloch was born in Zurich. He studied first at the Federal Institute of Technology, where his interest in physics developed and he received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics under Heisenberg s… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Bloch, Felix — born Oct. 23, 1905, Zürich, Switz. died Sept. 10, 1983, Zürich Swiss born U.S. physicist. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1933 and taught at Stanford University (1934–71). He worked on atomic energy at Los Alamos and on radar countermeasures at… …   Universalium

  • Bloch , Felix — (1905–1983) Swiss–American physicist Bloch was born in Zürich, Switzerland, and educated at the Federal Institute of Technology there and at the University of Leipzig, where he obtained his PhD in 1928. He taught briefly in Germany and in 1933… …   Scientists

  • Bloch, Felix — (1905 83)    Swiss American physicist. Born in Zurich, he studied engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. With the rise of Hitler, he settled in the US and took up a position at Stanford University. During World War II he was… …   Dictionary of Jewish Biography

  • Bloch, Felix — ► (1905 83) Físico suizo. Fue premio Nobel de Física en 1952, compartido con E. M. Purcell, por el descubrimiento del método de las resonancias nucleares para el estudio del núcleo atómico. * * * (23 oct. 1905, Zurich, Suiza–10 sep. 1983, Zurich) …   Enciclopedia Universal

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  • Felix Bloch — Félix Bloch Pour les articles homonymes, voir Bloch. Felix Bloch. Felix Bloch (23 o …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Bloch-Sphäre — Bloch Kugel Die Bloch Kugel wird in der Quantenmechanik verwendet, um Zustände von Qubits grafisch darzustellen. Benannt wurde sie nach dem Physiker Felix Bloch, der diese übersichtliche Illustration für Überlagerungen von Zuständen entwickelte.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bloch — Bloch, Conrad E. Bloch, Ernest Bloch, Ernst Bloch, Felix Bloch, Marc * * * (as used in expressions) Bloch, Ernest Bloch, Felix Bloch, Marc (Léopold Benjamin) Marcel Bloch …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • BLOCH (F.) — BLOCH FELIX (1905 1983) Physicien suisse, naturalisé américain (1939), professeur à l’université de Stanford (Ca.), prix Nobel de physique (avec E. M. Purcell, 1952), Bloch a effectué de nombreux travaux théoriques et parfois expérimentaux, en… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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