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.
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3 September 1905 New York City, New York, USA
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Died |
11 January 1991 (aged 85) San Marino, California, U.S.
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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