James W. Cronin SMU graduate and Nobel Prize winner

General discussion: anything you want to talk about!

Moderators: PonyPride, SmooPower

Post Reply
Pony^
All-American
All-American
Posts: 870
Joined: Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:34 pm

James W. Cronin SMU graduate and Nobel Prize winner

Post by Pony^ »

SMU-trained physicist who bolstered Big Bang theory dies at 84

James W. Cronin, a Southern Methodist University graduate who shared a Nobel Prize for explaining why the universe survived the Big Bang, died on Thursday in St. Paul, Minn. He was 84.


http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-ne ... -at-84.ece
orguy
All-American
All-American
Posts: 777
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:02 am
Location: SF bay area

Re: James W. Cronin SMU graduate and Nobel Prize winner

Post by orguy »

Always nice to think that SMU produced a homegrown Nobel Prize winning Physicist.

May he R.I.P
Post Reply