Burton Richter

1976 Nobel Prize for Physics “for pioneering work in the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind.”

American physicist who shared the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physics with Samuel C.C. Ting for the discovery of a new type of heavy elementary particle. Mr. Richter became a physics professor at Stanford in 1967, and went on to work as a director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. His research focused on experimental particle physics and colliding beam technology.

He gave the opening speech and participated in the Scientific Forum at the 2005 IAEA General Conference. (b.1931) See his article on page 14.