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Ben Roy Mottelson, American-Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)
Ben Roy Mottelson was an American-Danish nuclear physicist. He won the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the non-spherical geometry of atomic nuclei. His thesis adviser was Julian Schwinger, the theoretical physicist who later won the Nobel Prize in 1965 for his work on quantum electrodynamics.
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Ben Roy Mottelson was born in 1926. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
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| Measure | 1926 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | $0.23 | $3.45/gal |
| Average home | $6,000 | $435,000 |
| Average income | $3,620 | $67,500 |
| Movie ticket | $0.25 | $11.95 |
| Postage stamp | $0.02 | $0.73 |
| Population | 117.4M | 341 million |
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