Simon van der Meer
Simon van der Meer
Simon van der Meerwas a Dutch particle accelerator physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Carlo Rubbia for contributions to the CERN project which led to the discovery of the W and Z particles, two of the most fundamental constituents of matter...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionPhysicist
Date of Birth24 November 1925
Simon van der Meer quotes about
children conditions education good highly learning parents sacrifices
Under these conditions it is not astonishing that learning was highly prized; in fact, my parents made sacrifices to be able to give their children a good education.
finals examination gymnasiums
I visited the Gymnasium in The Hague and passed my final examination (in the sciences section) in 1943.
taken done firsts
After developing a primitive theory (1968) I therefore did not pursue this subject. However, the work was taken up by others and in 1974 the first experiments were done in the ISR.