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Carl David Anderson
Full Name of the recipient | Carl David Anderson |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
Year of Award | 1936 |
Share in Award | 50.0% |
Award Shared with | Victor Franz Hess (50.0%) |
Motivation for the Award | for his discovery of the positron |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA |
Place of Birth | New York, NY, United States USA |
Date of Birth | 3 September 1905 |
Age at the time of Award | 30 years |
Place of Death | San Marino, CA, United States USA |
Date of Death | 11 January 1991 |