Martin Lewis Perl

Martin Lewis Perl
Born(1927-06-24)June 24, 1927
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 30, 2014(2014-09-30) (aged 87)
Palo Alto, California, U.S.
EducationNew York University
Columbia University
Known forTau lepton
ChildrenJed Perl
AwardsNobel Prize in Physics in 1995
Wolf Prize in Physics in 1982
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
University of Liverpool
Doctoral advisorI. I. Rabi
Doctoral studentsMelissa Franklin, Samuel C. C. Ting

Martin Lewis Perl (June 24, 1927 – September 30, 2014) was an American chemical engineer and physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 for his discovery of the tau lepton.

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