Carl David Anderson
 Carl David Anderson | |
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 Carl David Anderson | |
| Born | 3 September 1905 New York Ceety, New York, USA |
| Dee'd | 11 Januar 1991 (aged 85) San Marino, Californie, USA |
| Naitionality | Unitit States |
| Alma mater | Californie Institute o Technology (B.S. an Ph.D) |
| Kent for | Discovery o the positron Discovery o the muon |
| Awairds | Nobel Prize in Pheesics (1936) Elliott Cresson Medal (1937) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pheesics |
| Institutions | Californie Institute o Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | William Smythe |
| Notable students | Donald A. Glaser Cinna Lomnitz Seth Neddermeyer |
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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