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Bernard Vonnegut
BornAugust 29, 1914
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
DiedApril 25, 1997(1997-04-25) (aged 82)
Albany, New York, U.S.
Alma materMIT (B.S., 1936; Ph.D., 1939)
Known foratmospheric chemistry, cloud seeding, atmospheric electricity and lightning
Scientific career
FieldsAtmospheric sciences, chemical engineering
InstitutionsGeneral Electric Research Laboratory, SUNY-Albany

Bernard Vonnegut (August 29, 1914 – April 25, 1997) was an American atmospheric scientist credited with discovering that silver iodide could be used effectively in cloud seeding to produce snow and rain. He was the older brother of American novelist Kurt Vonnegut.

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