Carl David Anderson | |
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| Born | September 3, 1905 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | January 11, 1991 (aged 85) San Marino, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology (BS, PhD) |
| Known for | Discovery of the positron Discovery of the muon |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1936) Elliott Cresson Medal (1937) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Space-distribution of x-ray photoelectrons ejected from the K and L atomic energy-levels (1930) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert A. Millikan |
| Other academic advisors | William Smythe |
| Doctoral students | |
| Other notable students | Cinna Lomnitz |
Carl David Anderson (September 3, 1905 – January 11, 1991) was an American physicist. He is best known for his discovery of the positron in 1932, an achievement for which he received the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics, and of the muon in 1936.