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Born July 10, 1920 • San Francisco • California
Died February 28, 2006 (aged 85) • Berkeley • California
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1959)
Subjects Of Study alpha decay • antineutron • antiproton • neutron diffraction • nuclear reaction
Role In Manhattan Project

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Hans Bethe.
Hans Bethe
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Mulliken, 1966
Robert Sanderson Mulliken
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Albert Einstein
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