Physicist
Willis Lamb
The Lamb shift, the measurement that forced quantum electrodynamics into being.
Willis Eugene Lamb Jr. was an American physicist who was able to precisely determine a surprising shift in electron energies in a hydrogen atom, known as the Lamb shift. For this work, Lamb shared the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics with Polykarp Kusch. He was a professor at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences.
- Born
- 1913-07-12, Los Angeles, USAA Saturday
- Died
- 2008-05-15, Tucson, USAA Thursday, aged 94
- At birth
- Sun in Cancer, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1913-07-12, Los Angeles, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 19°49′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 14°32′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 15°15′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 4°25′ | Direct |
| Mars | Taurus | 18°33′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 12°01′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Gemini | 13°02′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 6°13′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer | 25°30′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 0°04′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2008-05-15, Tucson, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Phoenixthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 25°18′ | Direct |
| Moon | Libra | 7°47′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 16°53′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 18°44′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 3°12′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 22°18′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Virgo | 1°49′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 21°57′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 24°13′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 0°41′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Willis Lamb 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.
