Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906-1972), walking in to the Nobel ceremony with King Gustaf Adolf, 1963

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Object Details

Subject

Mayer, Maria Goeppert 1906-1972

Gustav VI Adolf King of Sweden 1882-1973

Notes

Also known as: [SPI_5742]

Summary

This photo was taken in 1963, as physicist Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906-1972) was being escorted by King Gustav Adolf of Sweden to a gala banquet following the ceremony during which she received the Nobel Prize in physics for development of the model of atomic nuclei in which the orbits of protons and neutrons are arranged in concentric "shells."

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-1866

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

1963

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-1866]

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

Black-and-white photographs

Data Source

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Topic

Physics

Nuclear physics

Women scientists

Nobel Prizes

Metadata Usage

CC0

Record ID

siris_arc_308447