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Richard E. Taylor

Nobel Prize laureate in Physics 1990
Richard E. Taylor — Nobel Prize
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Physics 1990
Born : 1929-11-02 — Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Died : 2018-02-22
“for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics”
Physics · 1990
Richard E. Taylor, born on November 2, 1929, in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, was a renowned Canadian physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1990 for his pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons. These studies were of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics. Taylor passed away on February 22, 2018.

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Who is Richard E. Taylor?
Richard E. Taylor, born on November 2, 1929, in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, was a renowned Canadian physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1990 for his pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons. These studies were of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics. Taylor passed away on February 22, 2018.
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1990 — Physics
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