Edwin McMillan

Edwin McMillan

Edwin Mattison McMillan (September 18, 1907 – September 7, 1991) was an American physicist credited with being the first to produce a transuranium element, neptunium.

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Profile & Early Foundations

Edwin Mattison McMillan (September 18, 1907 – September 7, 1991) was an American physicist credited with being the first to produce a transuranium element, neptunium.

THE JOURNEY & BREAKTHROUGHS

Major Works & Significant Milestones

For this, he shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Glenn Seaborg.

Key Milestone & Career Defining Moment

Edwin Mattison McMillan (September 18, 1907 – September 7, 1991) was an American physicist credited with being the first to produce a transuranium element, neptunium.

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SUCCESS & ENDURING LEGACY

Honours, Standing & Enduring Legacy

A graduate of California Institute of Technology, he earned his doctorate from Princeton University in 1933, and joined the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory where he discovered oxygen-15 and beryllium-10.

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