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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American physicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
awardReceived John Price Wetherill Medal ⓘ
collaboratedWith Hans Bethe ⓘ
John von Neumann ⓘ
J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Los Alamos Laboratory → employed → Seth Neddermeyer ⓘ
Project Y → involvedScientist → Seth Neddermeyer ⓘ
Fat Man → designer → Seth Neddermeyer ⓘ