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Felix Bloch (1905 - 1983) - 1952 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics Felix Bloch (October 23, 1905 – September 10, 1983) was a Swiss born physicist, working mainly in the USA. Born in Zьrich, Switzerland. He was educated there and at the Eidgenцssische Technische Hochschule, also in Zьrich. Initially studying engineering he soon changed to physics. Graduating in 1927 he continued his physics studies at the University of Leipzig, gaining his doctorate in 1928. He remained in German academia, studying with Heisenberg, Wolfgang Pauli, Bohr and Enrico Fermi. In 1933 he left Germany, emigrating to work at Stanford University in 1934. He was naturalised in 1939. During WW II he worked on atomic energy at Los Alamos National Laboratory, before resigning to join the radar project at Harvard University. Post-war he concentrated on investigations into nuclear induction and nuclear magnetism. For his work on nuclear magnetism he shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics with Edward Mills Purcell. In 1954–1955, he served for one unsatisfactory year as the first Director-General of CERN. In 1961, he was made Max Stein Professor of Physics at Stanford University. Views: 626

Felix Bloch

(1905 - 1983) - 1952 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics

Felix Bloch (October 23, 1905 – September 10, 1983) was a Swiss born physicist, working mainly in the USA.

Born in Zьrich, Switzerland. He was educated there and at the Eidgenцssische Technische Hochschule, also in Zьrich. Initially studying engineering he soon changed to physics. Graduating in 1927 he continued his physics studies at the University of Leipzig, gaining his doctorate in 1928. He remained in German academia, studying with Heisenberg, Wolfgang Pauli, Bohr and Enrico Fermi. In 1933 he left Germany, emigrating to work at Stanford University in 1934. He was naturalised in 1939. During WW II he worked on atomic energy at Los Alamos National Laboratory, before resigning to join the radar project at Harvard University. Post-war he concentrated on investigations into nuclear induction and nuclear magnetism. For his work on nuclear magnetism he shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics with Edward Mills Purcell. In 1954–1955, he served for one unsatisfactory year as the first Director-General of CERN. In 1961, he was made Max Stein Professor of Physics at Stanford University.

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