Polish-French physicist Georges Charpak (1924-2010) with a particle detector in 1973. Charpak obtained a doctorate in nuclear physics from the College de France in 1955 and joined CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) in 1959. During his research, Charpak played a significant role in the development of new particle detectors. In 1968, he invented the multiwire proportional counter and the drift chamber, which revolutionised particle detection. The new detector technique could record millions of particle tracks every second, as opposed to the previous method, which could only capture one or two tracks at a time. In recognition of his work, Charpak was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1992.