What is Charles Pence Slichter?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Charles Pence Slichter | image = Charles P. Slichter (Leipzig 2006).jpg | image_size = 150px | birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|1|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Ithaca, New York|Ithaca]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|2|19|1924|1|21|df=y}} | death_place = [[Boulder,_Colorado|Boulder]], [[Colorado]], [[United States]] | nationality = United States | field = Physics | work_institutions = [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] | alma_mater = [[Harvard University]] (BA ''magna cum laude'' 1945, MA 1947, PhD 1949, honorary LlD 1996) | doctoral_advisor = [[Edward Mills Purcell|Edward Purcell]] | doctoral_students = | known_for = [[J-coupling]], Overhauser effect, Hebel-Slichter effect | prizes = {{no wrap|[[National Medal of Science]] (2007)<br>[[Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize]] (1996)<br>[[Comstock Prize in Physics]] (1993) <br>[[Irving Langmuir Award]] (1969)}} }} '''Charles Pence Slichter''' (January 21, 1924 – February 19, 2018<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Charles-Slichter&lc=2558&pid=188238242&mid=7767791 |title=Charles Slichter Obituary |website=obits.dignitymemorial.com |access-date=2018-02-22}}</ref>) was an American [[physicist]]. He was best known for his work on [[nuclear magnetic resonance]] and [[superconductivity]]. He was awarded the 2007 [[National Medal of Science]] by President [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/09/20080929-4.html|title=President Bush Presents 2007 National Medals of Science and Technology and Innovation|website=georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Slichter, Charles Pence}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:American physicists]] [[Category:Scientists from New York (state)]] [[Category:People from Ithaca, New York]] {{US-bio-stub}}