The Nobel Prize in Physics 1955
Co-Nobelist: Polykarp Kusch
Award: "for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum"
Biography
A biographical memoir by Leon Cohen, Marlan Scully, Lamb's doctorial student, and Robert Scully, National Academy of Sciences bio 14 pages, 17 pages total.
Name: Willis Eugene Lamb
Birth: 12 July 1913, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Death: 15 May 2008, Tucson, AZ, USA
Institution: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Award: "for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum"
Subject: atomic physics
Portion of Cash: 1/2
Biography