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Ernest Lawrence
August 8, 1901 – August 27, 1958
American physicist (1901–1958)
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Ernest Orlando Lawrence was an American physicist who received 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 Livermore National Laboratory.
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- Birthday · August 8
- Anniversary · August 27
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