Allan MacLeod Cormack
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Allan MacLeod Cormack (February 23, 1924 – May 7, 1998) was a South African American physicist who won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (along with Godfrey Hounsfield) for his work on X-ray computed tomography (CT), a significant and unusual achievement since Cormack did not hold a doctoral degree in any scientific field.[1][2]
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Allan MacLeod Cormack | |
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Born | February 23, 1924 |
Died | May 7, 1998(1998-05-07) (aged 74) |
Alma mater | Rondebosch Boys' High School University of Cape Town St John's College, Cambridge |
Known for | Computed tomography |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1979) National Medal of Science (1990) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
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