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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 1980s (97) 1984 (9) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1920s (114) 1925 (10) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) Netherlands (18) The Hague (3) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 2010s (99) 2011 (12) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) Switzerland (26) Geneva (2) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name S-Z (143) S (39) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name S-Z (212) V (12) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name S-Z (69) S (10) Simon (2) 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) 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) Netherlands (19) 41. Worked for Project-funded Organization 41. Worked for Project-funded Organization Europe (15) Europe, western (12) Switzerland (4) Geneva (4) CERN (4) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) Netherlands (31) Delft (1) Delft University of Technology (1) Alumni (1) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Academia Europaea (55) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (64) complete name: Simon van der Meer nobel prize: physics award year: 1984 together with: Carlo Rubbia prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1984 was awarded jointly to Carlo Rubbia and Simon van der Meer "for their decisive contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Simon family name: Meer occupation: physicist occupation: inventor field of work: physics work location: CERN, Geneva, Meyrin, Switzerland description: Simon van der Meer was a Dutch particle accelerator physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Carlo Rubbia for contributions to the CERN project which led to the discovery of the W and Z particles, two of the most fundamental constituents of matter. (This is a Dutch name; the family name is van der Meer, not Meer.) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1984. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1984/summary/> date birth: 1925 date death: 2011 usual name: Simon van der Meer
