Louis Néel
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| Other notable students | Jacques Villain Louis Lliboutry[3] |
Louis Eugène Félix Néel
Biography
Néel studied at the
Néel temperature) this behaviour stops. Néel pointed out (1948)[7] 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.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
He is the instigator of the Polygone Scientifique in Grenoble.[citation needed]
The
European Geophysical Society, is named in Néel's honour.[citation needed
]
Néel died at Brive-la-Gaillarde on 17 November 2000 at the age 95, just 5 days short of his 96th birthday.[citation needed]
Awards and honours
Néel received numerous awards and honours for his work including:
Awards
- Hughes Prize of the Académie des sciences(1935)
- Félix Robin Prize of the Société française de physique (1938)
- André Blondel Medal (1948)
- Grand prix du conseil de l’association « Au service de la pensée française » (1949)
- Holweck Prize (1952)[17]
- Elected Foreign Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1959)[18]
- Three Physicists Prize (1963)
- Gold Medal of CNRS (1965)
- Elected Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1966[1]
- Nobel Prize in Physics (1970)
- Great Gold Medal of l’Électronique (1971)
- Great Gold Medal of the Société d’encouragement pour la recherche et l’invention (1973)
- Founding member of the World Cultural Council (1981).[19]
Distinctions
Owing to his involvement in national defense, particularly through research in the protection of warships by demagnetization against magnetic mines, he received numerous distinctions:
- Legion of Honour:
- Knight (for exceptional military services) (1940)
- Officer (1951)
- Commander (1958)
- Grand Officer (1966)
- Grand Cross (1974)
- Croix de Guerrewith Palm (1940)
- Commander of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques(1957)
- Knight of the Order of Social Merit (1963)
- Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit(1972)
- Honorary Admiral (French Navy)
See also
References
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- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1970". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
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- ^ Néel, Louis (1948). "Magnetic Properties of Ferrites: Ferrimagnetism and Antiferromagnetism". Ann. Phys. (Paris). 3: 137–198.
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- ^ "Louis Néel – Biography". Nobel Lectures, Physics 1963–1970. Elsevier Publishing Company.
- ISBN 978-2-7381-0140-2.
- ^ "Louis Néel, un siècle de science à Grenoble". 2004. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- ISBN 978-2-88124-300-4.
- ^ "Holweck medal recipients". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "Louis Eugène Felix Néel (1904 - 2000)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020.
- ^ "About Us". World Cultural Council. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
External links
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- Louis Néel on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture, 11 December 1970 Magnetism and the Local Molecular Field
