Val Fitch thumb picture

Val Fitch

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1980

Interview

Interview, March 2009

Interview with the 1980 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Val Fitch, 17 March 2009. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org.

Val Fitch begins by sharing his experiences as a child growing up in Gordon, Nebraska, his work as a young army technician on the Manhattan Project (8:51), witnessing the Trinity Test (18:05), and his work as a graduate student for Nobel Laureate James Rainwater (24:50). He then discusses his discovery of CP-violation (32:17), future areas of scientific exploration (38:28), table-top experiments in physics (44:40), and concludes by returning to his memories of the many great scientific minds assembled at Los Alamos (50:21).
See a Video of the Interview
56 min. 
In order to see the videos you need Adobe Flash Player or Windows Media Player
Copyright © Nobel Web AB 2009
Credits: Ladda Productions AB (camera)

 

The 1980 Prize in: