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Louis Leprince-Ringuet

French physicist, telecommunications engineer, essayist and historian of science

Summary

French physicist, telecommunications engineer, essayist and historian of science

Field	Value
name	Louis Leprince-Ringuet
image	Louis Leprince-Ringuet.jpg
caption	Louis Leprince Ringuet (1997)
birth_date
birth_place	Alès, France
death_date
death_place	Paris, France
nationality	French
field	Particle physics
Cosmic rays
alma_mater	École Polytechnique
known_for	Coining the hyperon
Kaon discovery
work_institution	French Academy of Sciences
Académie française
CERN
awards	Legion of Honour (Grand officier)

Cosmic rays Kaon discovery Académie française CERN

Louis Leprince-Ringuet (27 March 1901, in Alès – 23 December 2000, in Paris) was a French physicist, telecommunications engineer, essayist and historian of science.

Leprince-Ringuet advocated strongly for the creation of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and remained its indefatigable supporter. He was vice chair (1956–69) and chair (1964–66) of CERN’s scientific policy committee. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society.

He is known for early discovery of the kaon.

Honors

from CNRS and École polytechnique, and part of the French National Institutes of Nuclear and Particle Physics (IN2P3), was named in his honour.

References

Jacob, Maurice. (July 2001). "Obituary: Louis Leprince-Ringuet". Physics Today.
(29 January 2001). "Louis Leprince-Ringuet 1901-2000 : A Scientist in the service of Europe". [[CERN]] Bulletin.
"APS Member History".
(2013). "Tracking Louis Leprince-Ringuet's contributions to cosmic-ray physics". Physics Today.
Ravel, Olivier. (2013). "Early cosmic ray research in France". American Institute of Physics.

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