Nobel Prize in Physics Recipient. Felix Bloch, a Swiss-American physicist, received notoriety when he was awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics (which he jointly shared with Edward Mills Purcell). According to the Nobel Prize committee, the two men received the coveted award "for their development of new ways and methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements.".
Bloch became Werner Heisenberg's first doctoral student at the University of Leipzig in 1927, where he later was appointed professor.
With the rise of the Nazi regime, Bloch left Europe in 1934 to assume a professorship at Stanford University in California, USA.
During WWII, he worked on the Manhattan Project and at Harvard University. Following the war, he returned to Stanford, where he did the research that earned him the Nobel Prize.
Bloch briefly served as the first director-general of CERN from 1954-1955 before returning to Stanford where he worked until his retirement.
After retirement, Bloch returned to his native Zurich, where he died of a heart attack at age 77.
Bloch married the physicist Clara Gertrud Leonore "Lore" Misch in 1940. They had 4 children: George, Daniel, Frank, and Ruth.
Bloch became Werner Heisenberg's first doctoral student at the University of Leipzig in 1927, where he later was appointed professor.
With the rise of the Nazi regime, Bloch left Europe in 1934 to assume a professorship at Stanford University in California, USA.
During WWII, he worked on the Manhattan Project and at Harvard University. Following the war, he returned to Stanford, where he did the research that earned him the Nobel Prize.
Bloch briefly served as the first director-general of CERN from 1954-1955 before returning to Stanford where he worked until his retirement.
After retirement, Bloch returned to his native Zurich, where he died of a heart attack at age 77.
Bloch married the physicist Clara Gertrud Leonore "Lore" Misch in 1940. They had 4 children: George, Daniel, Frank, and Ruth.
Nobel Prize in Physics Recipient. Felix Bloch, a Swiss-American physicist, received notoriety when he was awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics (which he jointly shared with Edward Mills Purcell). According to the Nobel Prize committee, the two men received the coveted award "for their development of new ways and methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements.".
Bloch became Werner Heisenberg's first doctoral student at the University of Leipzig in 1927, where he later was appointed professor.
With the rise of the Nazi regime, Bloch left Europe in 1934 to assume a professorship at Stanford University in California, USA.
During WWII, he worked on the Manhattan Project and at Harvard University. Following the war, he returned to Stanford, where he did the research that earned him the Nobel Prize.
Bloch briefly served as the first director-general of CERN from 1954-1955 before returning to Stanford where he worked until his retirement.
After retirement, Bloch returned to his native Zurich, where he died of a heart attack at age 77.
Bloch married the physicist Clara Gertrud Leonore "Lore" Misch in 1940. They had 4 children: George, Daniel, Frank, and Ruth.
Bloch became Werner Heisenberg's first doctoral student at the University of Leipzig in 1927, where he later was appointed professor.
With the rise of the Nazi regime, Bloch left Europe in 1934 to assume a professorship at Stanford University in California, USA.
During WWII, he worked on the Manhattan Project and at Harvard University. Following the war, he returned to Stanford, where he did the research that earned him the Nobel Prize.
Bloch briefly served as the first director-general of CERN from 1954-1955 before returning to Stanford where he worked until his retirement.
After retirement, Bloch returned to his native Zurich, where he died of a heart attack at age 77.
Bloch married the physicist Clara Gertrud Leonore "Lore" Misch in 1940. They had 4 children: George, Daniel, Frank, and Ruth.
Bio by: M Pattison
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