Birthdate: August 8, 1901
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Canton, South Dakota, United States
Died: August 27, 1958
Ernest Lawrence was a prominent American nuclear physicist who invented the cyclotron and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939. He was instrumental in uranium-isotope separation for the Manhattan Project and established both the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Throughout his career, Lawrence made substantial contributions to accelerator technology, resulting in the creation of larger cyclotrons. He advocated for government support of significant scientific endeavors, promoting the concept of “Big Science” and endorsing research on nuclear weapons and medical uses of radioisotopes.
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