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Also Known As Grigory Alfredovich Breyt-Shnayder
Born July 14, 1899 • Russia
Died September 13, 1981 (aged 82) • Salem • Oregon
Subjects Of Study ballistics • nuclear reaction • theory of resonance
Role In Manhattan Project
Emilio Segrè.
Emilio Segrè
Italian-American physicist
Owen Chamberlain
Owen Chamberlain
American physicist
Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi
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Richard Feynman
Richard Feynman
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Hans Bethe.
Hans Bethe
American physicist
J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Teller, Edward
Edward Teller
Hungarian-born American physicist
Theodore Hall
American-born physicist and spy
Luis Alvarez
Luis Alvarez
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William Webster Hansen
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Gordon Gould
American physicist
James Franck
James Franck
German physicist
Edwin Mattison McMillan.
Edwin Mattison McMillan
American physicist
Leo Szilard
American physicist
Fitch, Val Logsdon
Val Logsdon Fitch
American physicist
Mulliken, 1966
Robert Sanderson Mulliken
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