Georges Charpak was a Polish born, French physicist from a Polish Jewish family who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1992.
Georges Charpak was born Jerzy Charpak to Jewish parents, Anna and Maurice Charpak, in the village of Dbrowica in Poland . Charpaks family moved from Poland to Paris when he was seven years old, beginning his maths study in 1941 at the Lyce Saint Louis. The actor and film director Andr Charpak was his brother.
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