Birth Name:

Arthur Ashkin

Male

Birth Date:

Sat, Sep 02, 1922

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Age:

101

Zodiac Sign:

Virgo

Astrology Data:

Sun

9°

Vir

23'

About Arthur Ashkin

Arthur Ashkin (September 2, 1922 – September 21, 2020) was an American scientist and Nobel laureate who worked at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies. Ashkin has been considered by many as the father of optical tweezers, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 at age 96, becoming the oldest Nobel Laureate until 2019 when John B. Goodenough was awarded at 97. He resided in Rumson, New Jersey.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Arthur Ashkin publications indexed by Google Scholar

• Frontiers in Optics 2010. The Optical Society.

• Ashkin, Arthur (1970). "Acceleration and Trapping of Particles by Radiation Pressure". Phys. Rev. Lett. 24 (4): 156–159. Bibcode:1970PhRvL..24..156A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.24.156. ISSN 0031-9007.

• National Academy of Engineering: Member listing

• National Academy of Sciences: Member listing

• Ashkin's Book on Atom Trapping

• Frederic Ives Medal

• Arthur Ashkin on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture on 8 December 2018 Optical Tweezers and their Application to Biological Systems

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Arthur Ashkin: Sun 9 Virgo, Moon 28 Capricorn, Mercury 0 Libra, Venus 25 Libra, Mars 24 Sagittarius, Jupiter 18 Libra, Saturn 6 Libra, Uranus 11 Pisces, Neptune 16 Leo, Pluto 10 Cancer, Sun Opposition Uranus, Mercury Conjunct Saturn, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Sextile Pluto, Mercury Semi Square Neptune, Venus Sextile Mars, Venus Conjunct Jupiter, Venus Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Jupiter Sextile Neptune, Saturn Square Pluto, Uranus Trine Pluto

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Photo attribution: Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden, Arthur Ashkin EM1B5678