What is Jensen's full name?
Jonas Hans David Jensen
Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen
James Hans Dieter Jensen
Jacob Hans Dieter Jensen
Answer
Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen, best known as J. Hans D. Jensen, was a German nuclear physicist who, together with Maria Goeppert-Mayer, developed the nuclear shell model that explains nuclear stability and structure based on a quantum mechanical model to determine how protons and neutrons are arranged within the nucleus. This important insight earned them the prestigious Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963.
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