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Seth Neddermeyer
American physicist (1907ā1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seth Henry Neddermeyer (September 16, 1907 ā January 29, 1988) was an American physicist who co-discovered the muon, and later championed the implosion-type nuclear weapon while working on the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II.
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Born | Seth Henry Neddermeyer (1907-09-16)September 16, 1907 Richmond, Michigan, United States |
Died | January 29, 1988(1988-01-29) (aged 80) Seattle, Washington, United States |
Education | University of Olivet Stanford University (AB) California Institute of Technology (MS, PhD) |
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Awards | Enrico Fermi award (1982) |
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Fields | Physics |
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Thesis | The absorption of high energy electrons (1935) |
Doctoral advisor | Carl D. Anderson |
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