Carl David Anderson
Physicist, Academic
1905 – 1991
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Who was Carl David Anderson?
Carl David Anderson was an American physicist. He is best known for his discovery of the positron in 1932, an achievement for which he received the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics, and of the muon in 1936.
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- Born
- Sep 3, 1905
New York City - Also known as
- 卡尔·戴维·安德森
- Андерсон, Карл Дейвид
- Ethnicity
- Swedish American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- California Institute of Technology
- Employment
- California Institute of Technology
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- Jan 11, 1991
San Marino
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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