| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1966 | 
| Number: | 87 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | W B Fowler | 
| City: | Brookhaven | 
| State: | NY | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | N P Samios | 
| City: | Brookhaven | 
| State: | NY | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | Murray  Gell-Mann | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1929 | 
| Year, Death: | 2019 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| University: | California Institute of Technology | 
| City: | Pasadena | 
| State: | CA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1969 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Theodore G Kouyoumzelis | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1906 | 
| Year, Death: | 2001 | 
| City: | Athens | 
| Country: | GREECE (GR) | 
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| Comments: | First choice: The prize to be shared between W.B Fowler and N.P. Samios. Second choice: M. Gell-Mann. | 
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