Herch Moysés Nussenzveig
Herch Moysés Nussenzveig (born January 16, 1933 in São Paulo[1]) is a Brazilian physicist, professor at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. He authored several textbooks, notably the collection Curso de Física Básica (Course of Basic Physics), winner of the Prêmio Jabuti in 1999 on the category Ciências Exatas, Tecnologia e Informática (Exact Sciences, Technology and Informatics).[2] He was president of the Brazilian Society of Physics from 1981 to 1983.[3]
He is known, among other things, for explaining effects such as the glory, an optical phenomenon.
In 1986, he was the recipient of the Max Born Award. The prize citation reads: "For distinguished and valuable contributions to the theory of Mie scattering and to the theories of the rainbow and the glory."[4]
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150328221314/http://abc.org.br/resultado.php3?codigo=nusse
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| Preceded by | President of the Brazilian Society of Physics 1981 - 1983 |
Succeeded by Fernando de Souza Barros |
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