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Polykarp Kusch
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<p>Polykarp Kusch (German: [ˈpoːliˌkaʁp ˈkuʃ]; January 26, 1911 – March 20, 1993) was a German-American <a href="/facts/Physicist/cQcgvSIm">physicist</a> who shared the 1955 <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics/o6w1nCbr">Nobel Prize in Physics</a> with <a href="/facts/Willis_Eugene_Lamb/srfCyHko">Willis Eugene Lamb</a> for his accurate determination that the <a href="/facts/Electron_magnetic_moment/guAK2JJ2">electron magnetic moment</a> was greater than its theoretical value, thus leading to reconsideration of and innovations in <a href="/facts/Quantum_electrodynamics/zPteAr6G">quantum electrodynamics</a>. </p>