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Carl David Anderson
Carl David Anderson | |
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| Born | September 3, 1905 New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 11, 1991 (aged 85) San Marino, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology (BSc, PhD) |
| Known for | Discovery of the muon Discovering the positron |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1936) Elliott Cresson Medal (1937) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Space-distribution of x-ray photoelectrons ejected from the K and L atomic energy-levels (1930) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert A. Millikan |
| Other academic advisors | William Smythe |
| Doctoral students | |
| Other notable students | Cinna Lomnitz |
Carl David Anderson (September 3, 1905 – January 11, 1991) was an American physicist who shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics with Victor Francis Hess for his discovery of the positron.
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