Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906-1972), walking in to the Nobel ceremony with King Gustaf Adolf, 1963
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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
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."
Also known as: [SPI_5742]
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-1866
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
1963
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-1866]