The 100th Anniversary of Georges Charpak's Birth

Georges Charpak was awarded the 1992 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in the field of particle detectors, in particular the Multi-Wire Proportional Chamber (MWPC). He was also an important founder of MPGD research. To celebrate the 100^th anniversary of Georges Charpak’s birth, Fabio Sauli and Ioannis Giomataris, the two famous scientists in the MPGD field, jointly reviewed Charpak's legendary and accomplished life.