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Seth Neddermeyer
Neddermeyer's ID badge photo from Los Alamos
Born
Seth Henry Neddermeyer

(1907-09-16)September 16, 1907
Richmond, Michigan, United States
DiedJanuary 29, 1988(1988-01-29) (aged 80)
Seattle, Washington, United States
EducationUniversity of Olivet
Stanford University (AB)
California Institute of Technology (MS, PhD)
Known for
  • Co-discoverer of the muon
  • Implosion-type atomic bomb
AwardsEnrico Fermi award (1982)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Institutions
  • National Bureau of Standards
  • Los Alamos Laboratory
  • University of Washington
ThesisThe absorption of high energy electrons (1935)
Doctoral advisorCarl D. Anderson

Seth Henry Neddermeyer (September 16, 1907 – January 29, 1988) was an American physicist who co-discovered the muon, and later championed the implosion-type nuclear weapon while working on the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II.

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