| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1958 | 
| Number: | 50 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Martin  Deutsch | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1917 | 
| Year, Death: | 2002 | 
| Profession: | Dr | 
| University: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 
| City: | Cambridge | 
| State: | MA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Charles Hard  Townes | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1915 | 
| Year, Death: | 2015 | 
| City: | New York | 
| State: | NY | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1964 | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | Alfred  Landé | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1888 | 
| Year, Death: | 1976 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| City: | Columbus | 
| State: | OH | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominee 4: 
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| Name: | Samuel Abraham  Goudsmit | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1902 | 
| Year, Death: | 1978 | 
| Profession: | Dr | 
| University: | National Laboratory | 
| City: | Brookhaven | 
| State: | NY | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominee 5: 
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| Name: | George Eugene  Uhlenbeck | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1900 | 
| Year, Death: | 1988 | 
| Profession: | Dr | 
| University: | University of Michigan | 
| City: | Ann Arbor | 
| State: | MI | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Alfred  Kastler | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1902 | 
| Year, Death: | 1984 | 
| City: | Paris | 
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1966 | 
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| Comments: | First choice: M Deutsch sharing prize with Ch. T Townes.
Second choice: A Landé sharing prize with Samuel A Goudsmit and George E Uhlenbeck. | 
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