Norman Ramsey Jr.

thumb|Norman Foster Ramsey (right) with the atombomb Little Boy, 1945 Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (August 27, 1915 – November 4, 2011) was an American physicist. He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the separated oscillatory field method, which had important applications in the construction of atomic clocks. Ramsey shared the prize with Hans G. Dehmelt and Wolfgang Paul. Quotes You have to get a little untrapped from too much prior knowledge. explaining what's the best way of thinking, in an oral history conducted in 1995 by Andrew Goldstein, IEEE History Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. External links Category:Academics from the United States Category:Physicists from the United States Category:Nobel laureates in Physics Category:1915 births Category:2011 deaths Category:People from Washington, D.C. Category:Harvard University faculty Category:Nobel laureates from the United States Category:National Medal of Science laureates Category:Columbia University alumni Category:Columbia University faculty