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Dunning, John Ray (1907-1975), an American physicist, did research work that was important in developing the atomic bomb. With the cooperation of Alfred O. Nier, who separated small quantities of the isotopes (forms) of uranium known as U-235 and U-238 from each other, Dunning, E. T. Booth, and A. V. Grosse proved that slowly moving neutrons can cause U-235
Brattain, BRAT uhn, Walter Houser (1902-1987), an American physicist, helped invent the transistor. He shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in physics with… More>>
Teller, Edward (1908-2003), an American physicist, became known as the father of the hydrogen bomb. His work in nuclear physics helped lead to the… More>>
Fowler, William Alfred (1911-1995), an American nuclear astrophysicist, developed a theory of the evolution and death of stars. For his work,… More>>
Cornell, Eric Allin (1961-...), an American physicist, won a share of the 2001 Nobel Prize in physics for discovering and studying a state of… More>>
Wilson, Kenneth Geddes (1936-...), an American physicist, was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize for physics for his method of analyzing the behavior of… More>>
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