Louis Leprince-Ringuet
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Louis Leprince-Ringuet (27 March 1901, in Alès – 23 December 2000, in Paris) was a French physicist, telecommunications engineer, essayist and historian of science.[1]
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.[2] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society.[3]
He is known for early discovery of the kaon.[4] He also coined the term hyperon in 1953.[4][5]
Honors
- Template:Ill from CNRS and École polytechnique, and part of the French National Institutes of Nuclear and Particle Physics (IN2P3), was named in his honour.
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- 1901 births
- 2000 deaths
- École Polytechnique alumni
- Télécom Paris alumni
- Supélec alumni
- People from Alès
- French physicists
- French telecommunications engineers
- French electrical engineers
- Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour
- French historians of science
- Members of the Académie Française
- Members of the French Academy of Sciences
- 20th-century French historians
- French male essayists
- 20th-century French essayists
- 20th-century French male writers
- People associated with CERN
- Members of the American Philosophical Society