Ernest Orlando Lawrence
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Science
- Subcategories: Scientists, Inventors, Physics, Physicists
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present
Article abstract: The inventor of the cyclotron, Lawrence used this particle accelerator to explore the atomic nucleus and became one of America’s most influential scientific statesmen during and after World War II.
Early Life
The son of a prominent South Dakota educator, Ernest Orlando Lawrence grew up in Canton and Pierre, South Dakota, where he experimented with crystal radio sets with another future nuclear physicist, Merle Tuve. He was educated in South Dakota public schools, at St. Olaf’s College, and at the University of South Dakota, where,...
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