Carl David Anderson
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Carl David Anderson Net Worth

Carl David Anderson was a renowned American physicist who made a significant contribution to the field of physics with his discovery of positron in 1932. Born to Swedish immigrant parents, Anderson showed a talent for science from an early age and went on to study at the California Institute of Technology, where he earned his academic degrees and conducted research. His research into cosmic rays led to the discovery of positron, the first antimatter to be discovered, and later the discovery of muon, a subatomic particle. For his discovery of positron, Anderson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1936 and was also honored with several other scientific awards.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Physicist
Birth Day September 03, 1905
Birth Place New York City, New York, USA, United States
Age 115 YEARS OLD
Died On January 11, 1991(1991-01-11) (aged 85)\nSan Marino, California, USA
Birth Sign Libra
Alma mater California Institute of Technology (B.S. and Ph.D)
Known for Discovery of the positron Discovery of the muon
Awards Nobel Prize in Physics (1936) Elliott Cresson Medal (1937)
Fields Physics
Institutions California Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisor William Smythe
Notable students Donald A. Glaser Cinna Lomnitz Seth Neddermeyer

💰 Net worth

Carl David Anderson, renowned physicist in the United States, is expected to have a net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million by 2024. Known for his pioneering work in the field, Anderson's contributions have significantly impacted the study of physics. With his distinguished career and numerous accomplishments, including the discovery of the positron, it is no wonder that his net worth reflects his success. As he continues to advance the boundaries of scientific knowledge, Anderson's net worth is anticipated to grow even further in the coming years.

Biography/Timeline

1927

Anderson was born in New York City, the son of Swedish immigrants. He studied physics and engineering at Caltech (B.S., 1927; Ph.D., 1930). Under the supervision of Robert A. Millikan, he began investigations into cosmic rays during the course of which he encountered unexpected particle tracks in his (modern versions now commonly referred to as an Anderson) cloud chamber photographs that he correctly interpreted as having been created by a particle with the same mass as the electron, but with opposite electrical charge. This discovery, announced in 1932 and later confirmed by others, validated Paul Dirac's theoretical prediction of the existence of the positron. Anderson first detected the particles in cosmic rays. He then produced more conclusive proof by shooting gamma rays produced by the natural radioactive nuclide ThC'' (Tl) into other materials, resulting in the creation of positron-electron pairs. For this work, Anderson shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics with Victor Hess.

1936

Also in 1936, Anderson and his first graduate student, Seth Neddermeyer, discovered the muon (or 'mu-meson', as it was known for many years), a subatomic particle 207 times more massive than the electron, but with the same negative electric charge and spin 1/2 as the electron, again in cosmic rays. Anderson and Neddermeyer at first believed that they had seen the pion, a particle which Hideki Yukawa had postulated in his theory of the strong interaction. When it became clear that what Anderson had seen was not the pion, the Physicist I. I. Rabi, puzzled as to how the unexpected discovery could fit into any logical scheme of particle physics, quizzically asked "Who ordered that?" (sometimes the story goes that he was dining with colleagues at a Chinese restaurant at the time). The muon was the first of a long list of subatomic particles whose discovery initially baffled theoreticians who could not make the confusing "zoo" fit into some tidy conceptual scheme. Willis Lamb, in his 1955 Nobel Prize Lecture, joked that he had heard it said that "the finder of a new elementary particle used to be rewarded by a Nobel Prize, but such a discovery now ought to be punished by a 10,000 dollar fine."

1991

Anderson spent all of his academic and research career at Caltech. During World War II, he conducted research in rocketry there. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1950. He died on January 11, 1991, and his remains were interred in the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. His wife Lorraine died in 1984.

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