Maria Goeppert Mayer shares the physics prize for developing the nuclear shell model. Her calculations explained unusual stability associated with particular numbers of protons and neutrons inside atomic nuclei.
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Maria Goeppert Mayer
Nobel Prize history for Maria Goeppert Mayer based on the award records stored in the World History Database.
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