a Dutch-American physicist famous for jointly proposing the concept of electron spin with George Eugene Uhlenbeck in 1925
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Born
Samuel Abraham Goudsmit July 11, 1902 The Hague, Netherlands
Died
December 4, 1978 (aged 76) Reno, Nevada
Nationality
Dutch-American
Known for
Electron spin Operation Alsos
Fields
Physics
Alma mater
University of Leiden (Ph.D) (1927)
Awards
National Medal of Science (1976)
Institutions
University of Michigan
Spouse(s)
Jaantje Logher ( m. 1927; div. 1960) Irene Bejach ( m. 1960)
adultbasic
Netherlands
Children
Esther Marianne Goudsmit
Doctoral students
Robert Bacher
era
1800+
