Biography

Born in Russia on December 15 1914. Died on June 8 2011.

Education and professional career

  • Secondary education at Lycée Janson de Sailly
  • 1932 : Bachelor's degree in Mathematics
  • 1936 : Licencié ès Sciences (Sorbonne)
  • 1937-1939 : Preparation of a thesis (unfinished) under the supervision of Francis Perrin
  • 1939-1940 : Mobilized in the Army
  • 1940-1944 : Freelance teacher in private schools
  • 1944-1945 : FFI then voluntary enlisted in the Army
  • 1945-1947 : Electricity college
  • 1947-1980 : Career at the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
  • 1947-1954 : Physicist
  • 1954-1956 : Group leader
  • 1956-1959 : Head of department
  • 1959-1965 : Head of department,
  • 1965-1970 : Director of Physics
  • 1960-1985 : Professor at the Collège de France, Chair of Nuclear Magnetism
  • 1967 : President of the French Physical Society
  • 1970-1980 : Director of Research
  • 1973-2011 : Member of the Académie des Sciences
  • 1974-2011 : Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1977-1980 : Vice-President of IUPAP
  • 1977-2011 : Foreign Member of the National Academy of the United States
  • 1981-2011 : Member of the Pontifical Academy
  • 1983 : Foreign Member of the Royal Society of London
  • 1985-2011 : Honorary Professor at the Collège de France