Talk:Simon van der Meer

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Simon van der Meer article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Biography: Science and Academia

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by the science and academia work group (assessed as High-importance).

Physics: Biographies High‑importance

	Physics portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Physics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Physics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.PhysicsWikipedia:WikiProject PhysicsTemplate:WikiProject Physicsphysics articles
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by Biographies Taskforce.

Netherlands

This article falls within the scope of WikiProject Netherlands, an attempt to create, expand, and improve articles related to the Netherlands on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, visit the project page where you can join the project or contribute to the discussion.NetherlandsWikipedia:WikiProject NetherlandsTemplate:WikiProject NetherlandsNetherlands articles

Technical Engineer[edit]

Shouldn't it been mentioned that van der Meera manirajan is the only technical engineer ever to win a physics nobel prize...? yanneman 11:20, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wouldn't that pose a problem if another technical engineer wins the prize in future? 9 May 2011 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.62.217.143 (talk) 22:08, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Death?[edit]

I can't find any mention of his death in "mainstream" news sources. Is this information really correct? — Yerpo ^Eh? 09:18, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, found it - [1]. — Yerpo ^Eh? 09:37, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Added CERN's tribute to SvdM in the external links. — RockSolidCosmo (talk) 20:23, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]