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for Physics in 1950 for "his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and his discoveries regarding mesons made with this method". The reason for this apparent neglect is that the Nobel Committee policy until 1960 was to give the award to the research group head, only. He
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Lattes is one of the most distinguished and honored Brazilian physicists, and his work was fundamental for the development of atomic physics. He was also a great scientific leader of Brazilian Physics and was one of the main personalities behind the creation of the important
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C.M.G. Lattes; C.Q. Orsini; I.G. Pacca; M.T. Cruz; E. Okuno; Y. Fujimoto; K. Yokoi (1963). "Observation of extremely high energy nuclear events with emulsion chamber exposed on Mt. Chacaltaya".
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C.M.G. Lattes; G.P.S. Occhialini; C.F. Powell (1948). "A determination of the ratio of the masses of pi-meson and mu-meson by the method of grain-counting".
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plates to register the rays, and reveal more 'pion decay events'. A year later, working with Eugene H. Gardner (1913-1950) at
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In 1967, Lattes accepted a position of full professor with the new "Gleb Wataghin" Institute of Physics at the
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C.M.G. Lattes; H. Muirhead; G.P.S. Occhialini; C.F. Powell (1947). "Processes involving charged mesons".
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and the Brazilian Center for Physical Research. After another brief stay in the
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Lattes retired in 1986, when he received from the Unicamp the titles of doctor
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From 1946 to 1948, Lattes launched on his main research line by studying
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Lima, Gabriel Augusto Câmara Paiva; Sapunaru, Raquel Anna (2020).
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In 1949, Lattes returned as a professor and researcher with the
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includes a song dedicated to Lattes, called "Ciência e Arte".
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Recipients of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil)
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On 11 July 2024, Google celebrated his 100th birthday with a
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to it. In 1947, he collaborated with Powell, Occhialini and
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He figures as one of the few Brazilian scientists in the
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UNICAMP Archive System, March 2005. 320:in the experimental discovery of the 7: 361:Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 163:Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 658:Proceedings of the Physical Society 434:Brazilian National Research Council 835:Special Dedication to Cesar Lattes 686:E. Gardner; C.M.G. Lattes (1948). 590:Ghoshal, Sudeshna (11 July 2024). 14: 940:21st-century Brazilian physicists 935:20th-century Brazilian scientists 777:"César Lattes: A life to be told" 817:from the original on 2021-11-03. 212:made of a quark and an antiquark 203:, one of the discoverers of the 847:Cesar Lattes, a Brief Biography 841:To Cesar What Belongs to Lattes 222:Lattes was born to a family of 199:, was a Brazilian experimental 16:Brazilian physicist (1924–2005) 905:University of São Paulo alumni 312:used by Powell by adding more 1: 504:'s Grammy-winning 1998 album 457:article describing the pion, 308:. There, he improved on the 193:Cesare Mansueto Giulio Lattes 42:Cesare Mansueto Giulio Lattes 880:Brazilian nuclear physicists 714:10.1126/science.107.2776.270 376:State University of Campinas 356:. He was just 24 years old. 275:Marcelo Damy de Souza Santos 209:composite subatomic particle 956: 831:. Encyclopædia Britannica. 679:10.1088/0959-5309/61/2/308 470:in 1987. After his death 245:, graduating in 1943, in 186: 133: 28: 787:(10 ed.): 181–196. 450:Encyclopædia Britannica 243:University of São Paulo 158:University of São Paulo 101:University of São Paulo 461:alone was awarded the 241:. 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Curitiba
Paraná
Brazil
Campinas
São Paulo
Brazil
University of São Paulo
pion
Physics
University of São Paulo
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
University of Campinas
Brazilian Center for Physical Research
Bristol University
physicist
pion
composite subatomic particle
made of a quark and an antiquark
Italian
immigrants
Curitiba
Paraná
São Paulo
University of São Paulo
mathematics
physics
Gleb Wataghin
Giuseppe Occhialini
Oscar Sala

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