Physicist
Albert Fert
French physicist who discovered giant magnetoresistance, which made the modern hard disk possible.
Albert Fert is a French physicist and one of the discoverers of giant magnetoresistance which brought about a breakthrough in gigabyte hard disks. Currently, he is an emeritus professor at Paris-Saclay University in Orsay, scientific director of a joint laboratory between the Centre national de la recherche scientifique and Thales Group, and adjunct professor at Michigan State University. He was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics together with Peter Grünberg.
- Born
- 1938-03-07, Carcassonne, FranceA Monday
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Taurus
- Nationality
- France
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1938-03-07, Carcassonne, France · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Paristhe zone used then
Europe/ParisThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 16°16′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 22°08′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 15°21′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 23°54′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 26°30′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 17°55′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 5°15′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 10°41′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 19°52′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 28°05′ | Retrograde |
Albert Fert is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Albert Fert was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.