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Also Known As Richard Gordon Gould
Born July 17, 1920 • New York City • New York
Died September 16, 2005 (aged 85) • New York City • New York
Founder Optelecom
Subjects Of Study laser
Role In Manhattan Project
Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi
Italian-American physicist
Richard Feynman
Richard Feynman
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Hans Bethe.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Teller, Edward
Edward Teller
Hungarian-born American physicist
Theodore Hall
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Emilio Segrè
Emilio Segrè
Italian-American physicist
Luis Alvarez
Luis Alvarez
American physicist
William Webster Hansen
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Willard Boyle
Canadian-American physicist
James Franck
James Franck
German physicist
Edwin Mattison McMillan.
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Gregory Breit
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Arthur Schawlow
Arthur L. Schawlow
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Leo Szilard
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Fitch, Val Logsdon
Val Logsdon Fitch
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Charles Hard Townes
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