Carl David Anderson (September 3, 1905 – Januar 11, 1991) wis an American pheesicist. He is best kent for his discovery o the positron in 1932, an achievement for which he received the 1936 Nobel Prize in Pheesics, an o the muon in 1936.
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Carl David Anderson |
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 Carl David Anderson |
| Born | 3 September 1905(1905-09-03)
New York Ceety, New York, USA |
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| Dee'd | 11 Januar 1991(1991-01-11) (aged 85)
San Marino, Californie, USA |
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| Naitionality | Unitit States |
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| Alma mater | Californie Institute o Technology (B.S. an Ph.D) |
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| Kent for | Discovery o the positron
Discovery o the muon |
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| Awairds | Nobel Prize in Pheesics (1936)
Elliott Cresson Medal (1937) |
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| Scientific career |
| Fields | Pheesics |
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| Institutions | Californie Institute o Technology |
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| Doctoral advisor | William Smythe |
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| Notable students | Donald A. Glaser
Cinna Lomnitz
Seth Neddermeyer |
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