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- Edwin Mattison McMillan (September 18, 1907 – September 7, 1991) was an American physicist credited with being the first to produce a transuranium element.
- American nuclear physicist who shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1951 with Glenn T. Seaborg for his discovery of element 93, neptunium.
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Dates
September 18, 1907 – September 7, 1991
Authorized Form of Name
McMillan, Edwin M. (Edwin Mattison), 1907-
Additional Forms of Names
MacMillan, Edwin Mattison, 1907-1991
McMillan, E. M. (Edwin Mattison), 1907-
McMillan, Edwin M., 1907-
McMillan, Edwin Mattison, 1907-
Abstract
Professor of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, 1934-1973; and staff member of Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (renamed the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in 1971), 1934-1971, and its director from 1958-1973. Pioneer in development and application of the cyclotron. Died in 1991.
Important Dates
September 18, 1907Birth, Redondo Beach (Calif.).
1928Obtained BS, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1929Obtained MS, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1932Obtained PhD, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1932 – 1991National Research Council (NRC) Fellow (1932-1934); Research Associate (1934-1935); Instructor in Physics (1935-1936); Assistant Professor of Physics (1936-1941); Associate Professor of Phy
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Alfabetik Ödüllü kişi arama
Edwin M. McMillan
Edwin Mattison McMillan, Redondo Beach, California, 1907, 18 Eylül günü doğdu. O Maryland Eyalet gelen ve her ikisi de İngiliz ve İskoç asıllı bir doktor, Dr. Edwin Harbaugh McMillan ve eşi, Anne Marie McMillan, Mattison kızlık soyadı, oğlu. Çocuk Pasadena, California onun erken yıl geçirdi ve bu durumda onun eğitimi almış.
McMillan, California Institute of Technology Lisans elde katıldı 1928 yılında derecesi ve onun Yüksek Lisans alan Bir yıl sonra derecesi, daha sonra Princeton Üniversitesi'nde doktora için transfer 1932 yılında. Aynı yıl Ulusal Araştırma Görevlisi olarak Berkeley'deki California Üniversitesi'ne girdi. O doktora teslim tez alanında moleküler kiriş ve Ulusal Araştırma Görevlisi olarak üstlendiği sorunu proton manyetik an bir moleküler ışın yöntemi ile ölçümü. Bu çalışmaları iki yıl araştırma görevlisi olarak bir sonra Profesör EO altında Radyasyon Laboratuvarı Elemanı oldu Lawrence, nükleer reaksiyonlar ve ürünleri eğitim ve siklotronlar ve diğer ekipman tasarım ve inş
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Edwin McMillan
American physicist (1907–1991)
Edwin McMillan | |
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McMillan in 1951 | |
| Born | Edwin Mattison McMillan (1907-09-18)September 18, 1907 Redondo Beach, California, U.S. |
| Died | September 7, 1991(1991-09-07) (aged 83) El Cerrito, California, U.S. |
| Education | California Institute of Technology (BS, MS) Princeton University (PhD) |
| Known for | Discovery of neptunium, the first transuranium element Synchrocyclotron |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1951) Atoms for Peace Award (1963) National Medal of Science (1990) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley Berkeley Radiation Laboratory |
| Thesis | Deflection of a Beam of HCI Molecules in a Non-Homogeneous Electric Field (1933) |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward Condon |
Edwin Mattison McMillan (September 18, 1907 – September 7, 1991) was an American physicist credited with being the first to produce a transuranium element, neptunium. For this, he shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Glenn Seaborg.
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