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American physicist

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Carl David Anderson was an American physicist who made important discoveries about subatomic particles. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work that helped scientists better understand the fundamental nature of matter and energy.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1936

    for his discovery of the positron

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Instance of
human
Given name
Carl
Family name
Anderson
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New York City
Place of death
San Marino
Occupation
physicist
Languages spoken
English language
Doctoral advisor
Robert A. Millikan
Field of work
physics
Image
Carl David Anderson.jpg
Residence
New York City
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date of birth
1905-01-01
date of death
1991-01-11
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physics
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Encyclopedic overview

Carl David Anderson (September 3, 1905 – January 11, 1991) was an American experimental physicist who shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics with Victor Hess for his discovery of the positron, which confirmed the existence of antimatter.

Biography

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