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Arthur Ashkin

Nobel Prize laureate in Physics 2018
Arthur Ashkin — Nobel Prize
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Physics 2018
Born : 1922-09-02 — New York, NY, USA
Died : 2020-09-21
“for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems”
Physics · 2018
Arthur Ashkin, born on September 2, 1922, in New York, was an American physicist known for his contributions to physics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018 for his work on optical tweezers and their application to biological systems. Ashkin dedicated his career to scientific research, leaving a lasting legacy in the field of biophysics. He passed away on September 21, 2020.
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Arthur Ashkin, born on September 2, 1922, in New York, was an American physicist known for his contributions to physics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018 for his work on optical tweezers and their application to biological systems. Ashkin dedicated his career to scientific research, leaving a lasting legacy in the field of biophysics. He passed away on September 21, 2020.
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2018 — Physics
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