Francis Perrin (physicist)

Francis Perrin
Born	(1901-08-17)August 17, 1901 Paris, France
Died	July 4, 1992(1992-07-04) (aged 90) Paris, France
Alma mater	École Normale Supérieure
Relatives	Jean Perrin (father)
Scientific career
Fields	Nuclear physics
Institutions	Collège de France CEA
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Francis Perrin (17 August 1901 – 4 July 1992) was a French physicist,^[1] who worked on nuclear physics, fission and neutrinos. He was the high-commissioner Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (Atomic Energy Commission, CEA) in France and a collaborator of CERN. He was involved in the development of nuclear weapons for France and the cooperation with Israel on nuclear research.

He was the son of Physics Nobel laureate Jean Perrin and the brother-in-law of Pierre Victor Auger.