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Harold Agnew

American physicist (1921-2013) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 92

Harold Melvin Agnew was an American physicist, best known for having flown as a scientific observer on the Hiroshima bombing mission and, later, as the third director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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Enrico Fermi Award1978
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award1966
Fellow of the American Physical Society

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United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 2013 · aged 92

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