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Seth Neddermeyer

American physicist (1907-1988) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 80

Seth Henry Neddermeyer was an American physicist who co-discovered the muon, and later championed the implosion-type nuclear weapon while working on the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II.

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Enrico Fermi Award1982
Fellow of the American Physical Society

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1988 · aged 80