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    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...
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  • Carl Anderson may refer to: Carl Thomas Anderson (1865–1948), American cartoonist Carl Anderson (art director) (1903–1989), American art director Carl...
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    interest in particle physics led him to work with Nobel laureate Carl David Anderson, studying cosmic rays with cloud chambers.: 22  He preferred the...
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    discovering charged particle cosmic rays, for which he is credited in Carl David Anderson's Nobel lecture. Skobeltzyn did observe likely positron tracks on...
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  • actor and comedian Carl David Anderson (1905–1991), scientist Ernie Anderson (1923–1997), television announcer Mignon Anderson (1892–1983), actress...
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  • 1929 – Edwin Hubble: Expansion of the universe confirmed 1932 – Carl David Anderson: Antimatter discovered 1932 – James Chadwick: Neutron discovered...
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    high scattering cross-section. When the positron was discovered by Carl David Anderson in 1932, confirming the existence of Paul Dirac's "antimatter", it...
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  • (1901–1958) Walter Houser Brattain (1902–1987) Pavel Cherenkov (1904–1990) Carl David Anderson (1905–1991) Felix Bloch (1905–1983) Ernst Ruska (1906–1988) John...
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    cloud chamber photograph of cosmic rays, the American physicist Carl David Anderson identified a track as having been made by a positron. In mid-1933...
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    15P emits a positron identical to those found in cosmic rays by Carl David Anderson in 1932. This was the first example of β+  decay (positron emission)...
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