Edward Condon
American physicist (1902-1974) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 72
Edward Uhler Condon was an American nuclear physicist, a pioneer in quantum mechanics, and a participant during World War II in the development of radar and, very briefly, of nuclear weapons as part of the Manhattan Project. The Franck-Condon principle and the Slater-Condon rules are co-named after him.
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Arnold Sommerfeld, German theoretical physicist taught Condon during the 1920s
J. Robert Oppenheimer (circa 1944) led the Manhattan Project, on which Condon briefly served in the early 1940s during WWII
J. Edgar Hoover claimed Condon took part in a "Soviet network" in a 1946 letter
Albert Einstein (1947) defended Condon
President Harry S. Truman (here, signing a proclamation declaring a national emergency and authorizing U.S. entry into the Korean War) nominated Condon as NBS director in 1945
Condon crater from Lunar Orbiter 1 (NASA/L&PI image)Awards
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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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Deceased
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Lived 1902 to 1974 · aged 72
