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  1. Carl David Anderson (September 3, 1905 – January 11, 1991) was an American physicist. He is best known for his discovery of the positron in 1932, an achievement for which he received the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics, and of the muon in 1936.

  2. Carl David Anderson (born Sept. 3, 1905, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Jan. 11, 1991, San Marino, Calif.) was an American physicist who, with Victor Francis Hess of Austria, won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1936 for his discovery of the positron, or positive electron, the first known particle of antimatter.

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  3. May 21, 2018 · ANDERSON, CARL DAVID (b. New York [1], New York [2], 3 September 1905; d. San Marino [3], California, 11 January 1991)antimatter,physics, positron.Anderson was awarded the Nobel Prize [4] in Physics in 1936 for the discovery of antimatter, in particular the positive electron, or positron.

  4. Jan 11, 2019 · On January 11, 1991, American physicist Carl David Anderson passed away. He is best known for his discovery of the positron in 1932, an achievement for which he received the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics, and of the muon in 1936. “The atom can’t be seen, yet its existence can be proved. And it is simple to prove that it can’t ever be seen.

  5. Carl David Anderson (September 3, 1905 – January 11, 1991) was an American physicist. He is best known for his discovery of the positron in 1932, an achievement for which he received the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics, and of the muon in 1936.

  6. Nobel Prize Winner Scientist. Carl David Anderson (1905-1991) was a Nobel Prize-winning American physicist. Scientific Contributions. Born in New York City to Swedish immigrants, Anderson and his family moved to California when he was a child.

  7. Science. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. Anderson, Carl D. views 2,966,913 updated. ANDERSON, CARL D. Carl David Anderson, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1936 at age 31, was born in New York City on September 3, 1905. He was the only son of Swedish immigrant parents.

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