Val-de-Grâce in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Alfred Kastler

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 8, 2025

1. Alfred Kastler Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Ici a travaillé
Alfred KASTLER (1902-1984)
Prix Nobel de Physique en 1966
pour ses découvertes fondamentales
sur le pompage optique

(Alfred Kastler (1902-1984) worked here, winning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1966 for his fundamental discoveries in optical pumping.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1966.

Location. 48° 50.585′ N, 2° 20.802′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Val-de-Grâce. It is on Rue Lhomond south of Rue Amyot, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 24 Rue Lhomond, Paris, Île-de-France 75005, France. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

Europe,

the European Union,

Atlantic Europe,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

a coastal Mediterranean country,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a French colony

and also the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Le laboratoire de physique de l'E.N.S. / The Physics Laboratory of the ENS

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(here, next to this marker); Oronce Fine (within shouting distance of this marker); Franz Stock (within shouting distance of this marker); La Découverte de Radioactivité Artificielle / Discovery of Artificial Radioactivity (about 180 meters away, measured in a direct line); L’Ecole Normale Supérieure (about 210 meters away); Jacques Solomon (about 210 meters away); Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932-2007) (about 210 meters away); July 21, 1944 Jewish Deportation Memorial (about 240 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . Alfred Kastler (Wikipedia). Excerpt:

Alfred Kastler (3 May 1902 – 7 January 1984) was a German-born French physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics. He is known for the development of optical pumping.

He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1966 "for the discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms".

(Submitted on April 25, 2025.)

Additional keywords. plaque commémorative

Alfred Kastler Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 8, 2025

2. Alfred Kastler Marker - wide view

Credits. This page was last revised on May 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 25, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 103 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 25, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.