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jensen - 2 dictionary results

Jen⋅sen

[yen-zuhn for 1; yen-suhn for 2]
–noun
1. J. Hans D. [hahns] , 1907–73, German physicist: Nobel prize 1963.
2. Jo⋅han⋅nes Vil⋅helm [yaw-hah-nuhs vil-helm] , 1873–1950, Danish poet and novelist: Nobel prize 1944.
Jensen   (yěn'zən)  Pronunciation Key 
German physicist who, with Maria Goeppert-Mayer, developed a model of the atomic nucleus that explained why certain nuclei were stable and had an unusual number of stable isotopes. For this work, Jensen and Goeppert-Mayer shared the 1963 Nobel Prize for physics with American physicist Eugene Wigner.
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