Louis Néel Death
Louis passed away on November 17, 2000 at the age of 95 in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France.
When did Louis Néel die?
November 17, 2000How old was Louis Néel when died?
95Where did Louis Néel die? What was the location of death?
Brive-la-Gaillarde, France
Louis Néel Birthday and Date of Death
Louis Néel was born on November 22, 1904 and died on November 17, 2000. Louis was 95 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: November 22, 1904
Date of Death: November 17, 2000
Age at Death: 95
Louis Néel - Biography
Louis Eugène Félix Néel ForMemRS (22 November 1904 – 17 November 2000) was a French physicist born in Lyon. He studied at the Lycée du Parc in Lyon and was accepted at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. He obtained the degree of Doctor of Science at the University of Strasbourg. He was corecipient (with the Swedish astrophysicist Hannes Alfvén) of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1970 for his pioneering studies of the magnetic properties of solids. His contributions to solid state physics have found numerous useful applications, particularly in the development of improved computer memory units. About 1930 he suggested that a new form of magnetic behavior might exist; called antiferromagnetism, as opposed to ferromagnetism. Above a certain temperature (the Néel temperature) this behaviour stops. Néel pointed out (1947) that materials could also exist showing ferrimagnetism. Néel has also given an explanation of the weak magnetism of certain rocks, making possible the study of the history of Earth's magnetic field.
