Seth Neddermeyer

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American physicist human physicist

Seth Neddermeyer was an American physicist best known for pioneering the implosion method used in the plutonium bomb during the Manhattan Project.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American physicist → human → physicist →
awardReceived	John Price Wetherill Medal →
collaboratedWith	Hans Bethe → John von Neumann → Robert Oppenheimer →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1907-09-16 →
dateOfDeath	1988-01-29 →
doctoralStudentOf	Carl David Anderson →
educatedAt	California Institute of Technology → University of Washington →
employer	California Institute of Technology → Los Alamos Laboratory → University of Washington →
fieldOfWork	nuclear physics → physics →
hasAcademicAdvisor	Carl David Anderson →
knownFor	contributions to the Manhattan Project → pioneering the implosion method for nuclear weapons → work on the plutonium bomb →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	Manhattan Project scientific staff →
nationality	American →
notableStudentOrCollaborator	John von Neumann →
notableWork	development of the implosion design for the plutonium bomb →
occupation	physicist →
participatedIn	Manhattan Project →
placeOfBirth	Seattle, Washington, United States →
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles, California, United States →
positionHeld	professor of physics →
proposed	use of explosive lenses for nuclear implosion →
residence	California, United States → Washington, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
studied	cosmic rays → particle physics →
workedOn	implosion-type nuclear weapon design → plutonium implosion bomb →
workLocation	Los Alamos Laboratory →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fat Man →	designer
Los Alamos Laboratory →	employed
Project Y →	involvedScientist