Maria Goeppert Mayer (German: [maˈʁiːa ˈɡœpɐt ˈmaɪɐ] ⓘ; née Göppert; June 28, 1906 – February 20, 1972) was a German–American theoretical physicist who shared the 1963 Nobel …

Maria Goeppert Mayer was born on June 28, 1906, in Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, then Germany, the only child of Friedrich Goeppert and his wife Maria, nee Wolff. On her father’s side, she is the …

Maria Goeppert Mayer was a German-born American physicist who shared one-half of the 1963 Nobel Prize for Physics with J. Hans D. Jensen of West Germany for their proposal of the shell …

Maria Goeppert Mayer was affiliated with Argonne from 1946 to 1960. She is one of only two women to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics (the other is Marie Curie, in 1903). Born in …

Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906-1972) was a German-born American theoretical physicist and 1963 Nobel Prize winner. Goeppert Mayer, whose father was a professor, understood the …

The German physicist and mathematician, Maria Goeppert-Mayer is prominent for her numerous contributions to the field of physics which earned her a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963.

May 4, 2024 · Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906-1972) was a German-born American Physicist, who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Nuclear Physics. She is our 5th installment of Women in …

Mar 27, 2025 · In a world where physics was dominated by men, Maria Goeppert Mayer shattered expectations—and scientific barriers. She was a brilliant physicist who later became only the …

Maria Goeppert Mayer was at the time the only living woman in the world with a Nobel Prize in science, and she and Marie Curie were the only women to have won a Nobel in physics.

Mayer, Maria Goeppert (1906–1972) German-American physicist who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for theoretical physics, awarded in 1963 for her explanation of the nuclear …