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Samuel Goudsmit and Wolfgang Pauli in Uruguay, 1942, Rio Negro Hydro site works, when the Nazis German engineers were deported. After the war he was briefly a professor at Northwestern University , and from 1948 to 1970 was a senior scientist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory , chairing the Physics Department 1952–1960.
Nov 2, 2018 · Learn about the life and achievements of Sam Goudsmit, who co-discovered quantum spin, hunted Hitler's atom bomb and founded Physical Review Letters. The book by Martijn van Calmthout reveals his wartime mission, his friendship with Heisenberg and his Nobel snub.
- Davide Castelvecchi
- 2018
Samuel Abraham Goudsmit was a Dutch-born U.S. physicist who, with George E. Uhlenbeck (q.v.), a fellow graduate student at the University of Leiden, Neth., formulated (1925) the concept of electron spin, leading to major changes in atomic theory and quantum mechanics.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Learn about Samuel Goudsmit, a Dutch-American physicist who discovered electron spin and led the Alsos Mission during World War II. Find out his biography, scientific contributions, and personal tragedy.
Sep 24, 2019 · Goudsmit wasn’t even supposed to leave the area, though a general lent him a jeep and a driver for errands around town. Goudsmit asked his driver what the general’s orders were. “He told me to take you wherever you want to go,” the driver replied. “Paris!” cried Goudsmit. They went, and the angry general reported the jeep stolen.
Samuel A. Goudsmit was born in The Hague, The Netherlands. on 11 July 1902; he lived and grew up in a middle class family of merchants. At an early age he showed
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Jun 30, 2008 · Essay: Samuel Abraham Goudsmit (1902–1978) When Sam Goudsmit was 23, he and George Uhlenbeck hypothesized that the electron had spin. Sam was a well-known atomic physicist working at the University of Michigan when World War II began. During the war he first worked on radar at the MIT Radiation Lab, and then in the waning days of the war in ...
