AANHPI History Calendar

December 10, 1997

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Steven Chu Receives the Nobel Prize

Physicist Steven Chu shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for developing methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light; he later became the first Asian American US Secretary of Energy. (Shares Dec 10, Nobel Day, with Khorana and Chandrasekhar.)

Sources

  1. nobelprize.org nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1997/summary
  2. news.stanford.edu news.stanford.edu/stories/1997/10/steven-chu-wins-nobel-prize

Also on December 10

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Japanese Occupation of Guam Begins

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Har Gobind Khorana Receives the Nobel Prize

1983

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Receives the Nobel Prize

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Daniel Tsui Receives the Nobel Prize in Physics

2008

Roger Tsien Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry