Carl David Anderson
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 33 years ago |
| Date of birth | September 3,1905 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | New York |
| United States | |
| Date of died | January 11,1991 |
| Died | San Marino |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Place of burial | Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Known for | Positron |
| Muon | |
| Discovery of the positron; Discovery of the muon | |
| Job | Physicist |
| Education | California Institute of Technology |
| Francis Polytechnic Senior High | |
| Polytechnic High School | |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Elliott Cresson Medal | |
| Current partner | Elvira Lorena Bergman |
| Books | Elvira Lorena Bergman |
| Nationality | American |
| Doctor advisor | Robert A. Millikan |
| Doctor student | Donald A. Glaser |
| Seth Neddermeyer | |
| James C. Fletcher | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 543151 |
Carl David Anderson Life story
Carl David Anderson was an American physicist. He is best known for his discovery of the positron in 1932, an achievement for which he received the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics, and of the muon in 1936.
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