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Robert Brode

American physicist (1900-1986) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 85

Robert Bigham Brode was an American physicist, who during World War II led the group at the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory that developed the fuzes used in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship1934
Rhodes Scholarship1924
Fulbright Scholarship

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1900 to 1986 · aged 85