Martin Lewis Perl

Martin Lewis Perl (June 24, 1927 – September 30, 2014) was an American physicist of Jewish descent. Perl won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 for his discovery of the tau lepton.

Pearl died at Stanford University Hospital on September 30, 2014 from a heart attack at the age of 87.

References

Other websites
Nobel autobiography 
Nobel Prize press release, explaining the significance of Perl's work
Biography and Bibliographic Resources, from the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, United States Department of Energy
Personal blog: Reflections on Physics
U.S. Patent 5943075  Universal fluid droplet ejector (Martin Lewis Perl)
U.S. Patent 5975682  Two-dimensional fluid droplet arrays generated using a single nozzle (Martin Lewis Perl)

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