Simon Van Der Meer
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 14 years ago |
| Date of birth | November 24,1925 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | The Hague |
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| Date of died | March 4,2011 |
| Died | Geneva |
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| Residence | Switzerland |
| Known for | Stochastic cooling |
| Current partner | Catharina M. Koopman |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Education | Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) |
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| ID | 806072 |
Simon Van Der Meer Life story
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.