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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physics (209) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1970s (104) 1970 (9) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1904 (11) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) France (55) Lyon (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 2000s (70) 2000 (5) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) France (51) Brive-la-Gaillarde (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name L-R (240) L (30) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) N (23) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name L-R (156) L (13) Louis (4) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 67 (10) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Astronomers and Physicists (222) Physicists (206) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) France (60) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, western (125) France (32) Grenoble (1) University of Grenoble (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) France (92) Paris (73) École Normale Supérieure (20) Alumni (13) University of Paris (50) Alumni (42) Strasbourg (20) University of Strasbourg (20) Alumni (12) Long-term academic staff (8) 43. Affilliation with Secondary School 43. Affilliation with Secondary School Europe (60) Europe, western (50) France (23) Paris (21) Lycée Saint-Louis (4) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) F (89) French Academy of Sciences (89) G (195) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (64) Royal Society (294) Russian Academy of Sciences (144) complete name: Louis Eugène Félix Néel nobel prize: physics award year: 1970 together with: Hannes Alfvén prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1970 was divided equally between Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén "for fundamental work and discoveries in magnetohydro-dynamics with fruitful applications in different parts of plasma physics" and Louis Eugène Félix Néel "for fundamental work and discoveries concerning antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism which have led to important applications in solid state physics." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Louis family name: Néel occupation: physicist occupation: university teacher field of work: solid-state physics work location: CNRS, Paris, France description: Louis Eugène Félix Néel was a French physicist born in Lyon. He studied at the Lycée du Parc in Lyon and was accepted at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. He obtained the degree of Doctor of Science at the University of Strasbourg. He was corecipient (with the Swedish astrophysicist Hannes Alfvén) of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1970 for his pioneering studies of the magnetic properties of solids. His contributions to solid state physics have found numerous useful applications, particularly in the development of improved computer memory units. About 1930 he suggested that a new form of magnetic behavior might exist; called antiferromagnetism, as opposed to ferromagnetism. Above a certain temperature (the Néel temperature) this behaviour stops. Néel pointed out (1948) that materials could also exist showing ferrimagnetism. Néel has also given an explanation of the weak magnetism of certain rocks, making possible the study of the history of Earth's magnetic field. He is the instigator of the Polygone Scientifique in Grenoble. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1970. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1970/summary/> date birth: 1904 date death: 2000 usual name: Louis Néel
