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Born May 27, 1909 • Fresno • California
Died May 23, 1949 (aged 39) • Palo Alto • California
Role In Manhattan Project
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Albert Hoyt Taylor
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Watson-Watt, Sir Robert
Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt
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Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi
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Richard Feynman
Richard Feynman
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Hans Bethe.
Hans Bethe
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Robert Goddard
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Jack Kilby
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