Nobel Physicist Ernest O. Lawrence: A Small Town, Cyclotrons, and the Birth of Big Science | Inside Adams
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Read about Ernest O. Lawrence and his contributions to science.
The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/JiveChicken00 on 2025-01-22 13:38:41.

Original Title: TIL that inventors of the two most impactful weapon technologies of WWII, Merle Tuve (proximity fuse) and Ernest Lawrence (uranium enrichment for the atomic bomb) were childhood friends and neighbors from the same small town in South Dakota