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Ernest Orlando Lawrence (August 8, 1901 – August 27, 1958) was an American nuclear physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his invention of the cyclotron. He is known for his work on uranium-isotope separation for the Manhattan Project , as well as for founding the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Lawrence ...
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1939 was awarded to Ernest Orlando Lawrence "for the invention and development of the cyclotron and for results obtained with it, especially with regard to artificial radioactive elements"
Ernest Orlando Lawrence (born August 8, 1901, Canton, South Dakota, U.S.—died August 27, 1958, Palo Alto, California) was an American physicist, winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize for Physics for his invention of the cyclotron, the first particle accelerator to achieve high energies.
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Ernest Lawrence (August 8, 1901–August 27, 1958) was an American physicist who invented the cyclotron, a device used to accelerate charged particles in a spiral pattern with the help of a magnetic field. The cyclotron and its successors have been integral to the field of high-energy physics.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is the namesake and legacy of its founder, Ernest Orlando Lawrence (E.O. Lawrence), winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize for Physics for his invention of the cyclotron.
Berkeley Lab’s Nobel tradition began when Lab founder Ernest Orlando Lawrence won the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the cyclotron.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is the namesake and legacy of its founder, Ernest Orlando Lawrence, winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize for Physics for his invention of the cyclotron. Yes, Lawrence was the inventor of the cyclotron, the granddaddy of today's most powerful accelerators.
