Gustav moved to Zürich in 1890 to become a Swiss citizen.
Their first child was a girl born in 1902 while Felix was born three years later. Bloch entered public elementary school at the age of six and is said to have been teased, in part because he "spoke Swiss German with a somewhat different accent than most members of the class".
Felix Bloch (23 October 1905 – 10 September 1983) was a Swiss-American physicist and Nobel physics laureate who worked mainly in the U.S.
Bloch graduated from elementary school at twelve and enrolled in the Cantonal Gymnasium in Zürich for secondary school in 1918.
He continued his curriculum through 1924, even through his study of engineering and physics in other schools, though it was limited to mathematics and languages after the first three years.
A fellow student in these seminars was John von Neumann. Bloch graduated in 1927, and was encouraged by Debye to go to Leipzig to study with Werner Heisenberg.
Bloch became Heisenberg's first graduate student, and gained his doctorate in 1928.
In 1932, Bloch returned to Leipzig to assume a position as "Privatdozent" (lecturer).
In 1933, immediately after Hitler came to power, he left Germany because he was Jewish, returning to Zürich, before traveling to Paris to lecture at the Institut Henri Poincaré. In 1934, the chairman of Stanford Physics invited Bloch to join the faculty.
In 1933, immediately after Hitler came to power, he left Germany because he was Jewish, returning to Zürich, before traveling to Paris to lecture at the Institut Henri Poincaré. In 1934, the chairman of Stanford Physics invited Bloch to join the faculty.
In the fall of 1938, Bloch began working with the 37 inch cyclotron at the University of California at Berkeley to determine the magnetic moment of the neutron.
In 1939, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. During WWII, Bloch briefly worked on the atomic bomb project at Los Alamos.
His doctoral thesis established the quantum theory of solids, using waves to describe electrons in periodic lattices. On March 14, 1940, Bloch married Lore Clara Misch (1911–1996), a fellow physicist working on X-ray crystallography, whom he had met at an American Physical Society meeting.
In 1946 he proposed the Bloch equations which determine the time evolution of nuclear magnetization.
Along with Edward Purcell, Bloch was awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on nuclear magnetic induction. When CERN was being set up in the early 1950s, its founders were searching for someone of stature and international prestige to head the fledgling international laboratory, and in 1954 Professor Bloch became CERN's first Director-General, at the time when construction was getting under way on the present Meyrin site and plans for the first machines were being drawn up.
He and Edward Mills Purcell were awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize for Physics for "their development of new ways and methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements." In 1954–1955, he served for one year as the first Director-General of CERN.
Along with Edward Purcell, Bloch was awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on nuclear magnetic induction. When CERN was being set up in the early 1950s, its founders were searching for someone of stature and international prestige to head the fledgling international laboratory, and in 1954 Professor Bloch became CERN's first Director-General, at the time when construction was getting under way on the present Meyrin site and plans for the first machines were being drawn up.
He and Edward Mills Purcell were awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize for Physics for "their development of new ways and methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements." In 1954–1955, he served for one year as the first Director-General of CERN.
Along with Edward Purcell, Bloch was awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on nuclear magnetic induction. When CERN was being set up in the early 1950s, its founders were searching for someone of stature and international prestige to head the fledgling international laboratory, and in 1954 Professor Bloch became CERN's first Director-General, at the time when construction was getting under way on the present Meyrin site and plans for the first machines were being drawn up.
After leaving CERN, he returned to Stanford University, where he in 1961 was made Max Stein Professor of Physics. In 1964, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Bloch died in Zürich in 1983. ==See also== List of Jewish Nobel laureates List of things named after Felix Bloch ==Footnotes== ==References== ==Further reading== Bloch, F.; Staub, H.
After leaving CERN, he returned to Stanford University, where he in 1961 was made Max Stein Professor of Physics. In 1964, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Bloch died in Zürich in 1983. ==See also== List of Jewish Nobel laureates List of things named after Felix Bloch ==Footnotes== ==References== ==Further reading== Bloch, F.; Staub, H.
Felix Bloch (23 October 1905 – 10 September 1983) was a Swiss-American physicist and Nobel physics laureate who worked mainly in the U.S.
After leaving CERN, he returned to Stanford University, where he in 1961 was made Max Stein Professor of Physics. In 1964, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Bloch died in Zürich in 1983. ==See also== List of Jewish Nobel laureates List of things named after Felix Bloch ==Footnotes== ==References== ==Further reading== Bloch, F.; Staub, H.
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