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Boyce McDaniel

American physicist (1917-2002) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 84

Boyce Dawkins McDaniel was an American nuclear physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and later directed the Cornell University Laboratory of Nuclear Studies (LNS).

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Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship

About this person

McDaniel was skilled in constructing "atom smashing" devices to study the fundamental structure of matter and helped to build the most powerful particle accelerators of his time. Together with his graduate student, he invented the pair spectrometer.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 2002 · aged 84