Herch Moysés Nussenzveig (16 January 1933 – 5 November 2022) was a Brazilian physicist, professor at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. He authored several textbooks, notably the collection Curso de Física Básica (Course of Basic Physics), winner of the Prêmio Jabuti in 1999 on the category Ciências Exatas, Tecnologia e Informática (Exact Sciences, Technology and Informatics). He was president of the Brazilian Physical Society from 1981 to 1983.
Nussenzveig was born in São Paulo on 16 January 1933. He was a PhD student of Guido Beck. He was known, among other things, for explaining effects such as the glory, an optical phenomenon.
In 1986, he was the recipient of the Max Born Award. The prize citation reads: "For distinguished and valuable contributions to the theory of Mie scattering and to the theories of the rainbow and the glory."
His two brothers, wife, and three children are all scientists or physicians; one of his children is the mathematician Helena J. Nussenzveig Lopes. Nussenzveig died on 5 November 2022, at the age of 89.
References
- "Edições Anteriores - Prêmio 1999". Câmara Brasileira do Livro. Archived from the original on 10 September 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- "Diretorias Anteriores da Sociedade Brasileira de Física". Archived from the original on 8 October 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- "ABC – Academia Brasileira de Ciências". Archived from the original on 28 March 2015.
- "Herch Moysés Nussenzveig: Além do arco-íris". revistapesquisa.fapesp.br. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- "Max Born Award - Awards - Optica.org | Optica". Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- Zorzetto, Ricardo (July 2010), "Herch Moysés Nussenzveig: Além do arco-íris" [Herch Moysés Nussenzveig: Over the rainbow], Revista Pesquisa, São Paulo Research Foundation, archived from the original on 28 February 2018, retrieved 27 February 2018
- "Adeus a Herch Moysés Nussenzveig". UFRJ. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
External links
- ABREU, A. A.; VELHO, G.; DAVIDOVICH, L (2008). "Interview - Herch Moysés Nussenzveig" (PDF). Ciência e Cultura. Revista Ciência e Cultura (online). Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência: 74–88. ISSN 0009-6725. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
| Preceded byMário Schenberg | President of the Brazilian Society of Physics 1981–1983 |
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