Discovery Of Anti-matter, The: The Autobiography Of Carl David Anderson, The Second Youngest Man To Win The Nobel Prize
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Series In Popular Science
ISBN-10
9810236808
ISBN-13
9789810236809
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 28th, 1999
Print length
160 Pages
Weight
368 grams
Dimensions
22.30 x 15.90 x 1.50 cms
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This volume presents the life story of Carl David Anderson, who in 1963, at the age of 31, became the youngest Nobel laureate for his discovery of antimatter when he observed positrons in a cloud chamber.
In 1936, at age 31, Carl David Anderson became the second youngest Nobel laureate for his discovery of antimatter when he observed positrons in a cloud chamber.He is responsible for developing rocket power weapons that were used in World War II.He was born in New York City in 1905 and was educated in Los Angeles. He served for many years as a physics professor at California Institute of Technology. Prior to Oppenheimer, Anderson was offered the job of heading the Los Alamos atomic bomb program but could not assume the role because of family obligations.He was a pioneer in studying cosmic rays at high altitudes, first atop Pike's Peak, then after the war in a specially equipped B-29.
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