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Seth Neddermeyer

1907 - 1988

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Seth Henry Neddermeyer (September 16, 1907 – January 29, 1988) was an American physicist who co-discovered the muon, and later championed the implosion-type nuclear weapon while working on the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Seth Neddermeyer is the 664th most popular physicist (down from 597th in 2019), the 7,377th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,599th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular American Physicist.

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Among physicists, Seth Neddermeyer ranks 664 out of 851. Before him are C. V. Boys, Paul Scherrer, Alexis Thérèse Petit, Matvei Bronstein, Michael Green, and Mario Livio. After him are Helen Quinn, Alexander Markovich Polyakov, Edith Clarke, Yoshiaki Arata, Brandon Carter, and Kazuhiko Nishijima.

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Among people born in 1907, Seth Neddermeyer ranks 283. Before him are Vitaliano Brancati, Jean Langlais, Henk Badings, Raymond Abellio, Melitta Brunner, and Marie Jahoda. After him are Eugène Guillevic, Hassler Whitney, Dan Duryea, Anthony Peter Khoraish, Roderich Menzel, and Raúl Silva Henríquez. Among people deceased in 1988, Seth Neddermeyer ranks 182. Before him are Patrick Steptoe, Anatoli Maslyonkin, Kurt Raab, Nando González, I. A. L. Diamond, and Shōhei Ōoka. After him are Joseph Wresinski, Ferit Melen, Guillermo Haro, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Hans Lewy, and Paula Mollenhauer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Seth Neddermeyer ranks 7,379 out of 20,380. Before him are Arthur Crudup (1905), Morris Louis (1912), Chris Jericho (1970), Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806), Kate Pierson (1948), and Vanessa Marquez (1968). After him are Stephen Marley (1972), Michael Giacchino (1967), Edward Cook (1888), Jon Stewart (1962), John Kassir (1957), and Cameron Crowe (1957).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Seth Neddermeyer ranks 143. Before him are Marcia Neugebauer (1932), Joan Feynman (1927), Charles W. Misner (1932), William Higinbotham (1910), Edward Condon (1902), and Brian Greene (1963). After him are Edith Clarke (1883), Alvin M. Weinberg (1915), Norris Bradbury (1909), Lisa Randall (1962), Edwin H. Land (1909), and Leo Kadanoff (1937).

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