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M. Stanley Livingston

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U.S.-American physicist (1905-1986)

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Milton Stanley Livingston was an American accelerator physicist, co-inventor of the cyclotron with Ernest Lawrence, and co-discoverer with Ernest Courant and Hartland Snyder of the strong focusing principle, which allowed development of modern large-scale particle accelerators.

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Livingston (L) and Ernest O. Lawrence the 27-inch cyclotron at the Radiation Laboratory in 1934.Livingston (L) and Ernest O. Lawrence the 27-inch cyclotron at the Radiation Laboratory in 1934.

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1986Enrico Fermi Award
Fellow of the American Physical Society

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Ernest CourantAlso won Enrico Fermi AwardShields WarrenAlso won Enrico Fermi AwardMichael E. PhelpsAlso won Enrico Fermi AwardLiane RussellAlso won Enrico Fermi AwardJohn H. LawrenceAlso won Enrico Fermi AwardAndrew SesslerAlso won Enrico Fermi Award

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Milton Stanley Livingston was an American accelerator physicist, co-inventor of the cyclotron with Ernest Lawrence, and co-discoverer with Ernest Courant and Hartland Snyder of the strong focusing principle, which allowed development of modern large-scale particle accelerators. He built cyclotrons at the University of California, Cornell University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During World War II, he served in the operations research group at the Office of Naval Research.

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United States
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1905 to 1986 · aged 81
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