Seth Neddermeyer
Seth Neddermeyer | |
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Neddermeyer's ID badge photo from Los Alamos | |
| Born | Seth Henry Neddermeyer September 16, 1907 Richmond, Michigan, United States |
| Died | January 29, 1988 (aged 80) Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Education | University of Olivet Stanford University (AB) California Institute of Technology (MS, PhD) |
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| Awards | Enrico Fermi award (1982) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
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| Thesis | The absorption of high energy electrons (1935) |
| Doctoral advisor | Carl D. Anderson |
Seth Henry Neddermeyer (September 16, 1907 – January 29, 1988) was an American physicist who co-discovered the muon, and later championed the implosion-type nuclear weapon while working on the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II.