Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
1933
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country of citizenship: France
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: École Normale Supérieure, Science Faculty of Paris, Lycée Émir Abdelkader, University of Paris, École de Physique des Houches
occupation: physicist, university teacher, researcher
award received: Great Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit, CNRS Gold medal, Nobel Prize in Physics, Harvey Prize, Jean-Ricard Prize, Three Physicists Prize, Paul Langevin Award, Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize, Charles Hard Townes Award, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Matteucci Medal, Prix Ampère, Young Medal and Prize, Honorary doctor of the University of Liège, honorary doctor of the Université libre de Bruxelles, honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University, honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University, honorary doctor of Ben-Gurion University, honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala, Fellow of the American Physical Society, CNRS silver medal, Lilienfeld Prize, honorary doctor of Royal Institute of Technology, Gold medal of the Spanish National Research Council
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (French pronunciation: [klod kɔɛn tanudʒi]; born 1 April 1933) is a French physicist. He shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics with Steven Chu and William Daniel Phillips for research in methods of laser cooling and trapping atoms. Currently he is still an active researcher, working at the École normale supérieure (Paris). Source: Wikipedia (en)
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