Bertram Neville Brockhouse
General Physics, Subatomic Particles, Optics, Biophysics, Theoretical Physics
Won the Nobel Prize in 1994 for designing the Triple-Axis Neutron Spectroscope and his use of it to investigate Condensed Matter "Your mind is your most valuable survival organ. Learn to tune your mind like a radio, filtering out all the noise and other channels, focusing on one thing." |
- Birthdate
- July 15, 1918
- Birthplace
- Lethbridge, Alberta
- Date of Death
- October 13, 2003
- Place of Death
- Hamilton, Ontario
- Residence
- Ancaster, Ontario
- Family Members
- Father: Israel Brockhouse
- Mother: Mabel Emily Neville
- Spouse: Doris Miller
- Children: Anne, Gordon, Ian, James, Beth, and Charles
- Grandchildren: 8
- Personality
- Modest, honest, absent minded, frugal, kind, opinionated
- Favorite Music
- Gilbert and Sullivan, Mikado, "A Wandering Minstrel I" or Yeoman of the Guard, "I Have A Song to Sing Oh"
- Other Interests
- Family, reading, bridge, and computers.
- Status
- Deceased
- Degrees
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- B.A. (Physics and Math, 1947) UBC
- PhD (Physics, 1950) U of Toronto
- Awards
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- Nobel Prize for Physics, 1994
- Tory Medal (Royal Society of Canada)
- Buckley Prize (American Physical Society)
- Duddell Medal and Prize (British Institute of Physics and Physical Society)
- Centennial Medal of Canada
- Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
- Companion, Order of Canada
- Foreign member, Royal Swedish Academy
- Fellow, Royal Society of London
- Silver Jubilee Medal
- Mentor
Donald Hurst, his boss at the Chalk River Atomic Energy Project who supported him in his study of neutron beams.
- Last Updated
- January 11, 2013
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