Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906-1972), walking in to the Nobel ceremony with King Gustaf Adolf, 1963

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-1866]

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Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1963

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-1866

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Summary

This photo was taken in 1963, as physicist Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906-1972) was being escorted by King Gustav Adolf of Sweden to a gala banquet following the ceremony during which she received the Nobel Prize in physics for development of the model of atomic nuclei in which the orbits of protons and neutrons are arranged in concentric "shells."

Subject

  • Mayer, Maria Goeppert 1906-1972
  • Gustav VI Adolf King of Sweden 1882-1973

Notes

Also known as: [SPI_5742]

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-1866

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

1963

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Topic

  • Nobel Prizes
  • Women scientists
  • Physics
  • Nuclear physics

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-1866]

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