Philip Burton Moon

Physicist, Academic

1907 – 1994

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Who was Philip Burton Moon?

Philip Burton Moon FRS was a British nuclear physicist. He is most remembered for his research work in atomic physics and nuclear physics. He is one of the British scientists who participated in the United States' Manhattan Project, Britain's Tube Alloys, and was involved in nuclear weapon development. Moon made outstanding and original experimental contributions which stimulated the development of whole fields of research involving neutrons, gamma rays and novel methods of studying chemical reactions.

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Born
May 17, 1907
Lewisham
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Died
Oct 9, 1994

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on July 23, 2013

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