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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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- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- San Marino
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- physicist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Robert A. Millikan
- Field of work
- physics
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- New York City
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- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
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- date of birth
- 1905-01-01
- date of death
- 1991-01-11
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- Donald Arthur Glaser
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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.
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