[yen-zuh
n for 1; yen-suhn for 2] 
| 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. |