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McMillan, Edwin |
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McMillan, Edwin (Mattison) (1907–91) physicist; born in Redondo Beach, Calif. Working at the University of California: Berkeley, primarily at their Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (1934–73), he and Glenn Seaborg discovered plutonium (1941) and other transuranium elements. McMillan improved the design of the cyclotron (1945) and built the first synchrotron. He shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry with Seaborg (1951). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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