Carl David Anderson
Carl David Anderson | |
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| Born | September 3, 1905 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | January 11, 1991 (aged 85) San Marino, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology (BSc, 1927; PhD) |
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| Spouse |
Lorraine Bergman (m. 1946) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Particle 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 Andrews Millikan |
| Other academic advisors | William Smythe |
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Carl David Anderson (September 3, 1905 – January 11, 1991) was an American particle physicist who shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics with Victor Francis Hess for his discovery of the positron.