Willis Lamb

When I was a graduate student in physical chemistry at Yale, I had the remarkable experience of taking a course in relativistic quantum mechanics from Nobel laureate Willis Lamb.

The Language of God Francis S. Collins 2006

When I was a graduate student in physical chemistry at Yale, I had the remarkable experience of taking a course in relativistic quantum mechanics from Nobel laureate Willis Lamb.

The Language of God Francis S. Collins 2006

In his 1955 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Willis Lamb quipped that "the finder of a new elementary particle used to be rewarded by a Nobel Prize, but such a discovery now ought to be punished by a $10,000 fine."

Ars Technica 2009