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Cecil Frank Powell

Cecil Frank Powell
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Cecil Frank Powell was a British experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1950 for heading the team that developed the photographic method of studying nuclear processes, and for the resulting discovery of the pion (pi-meson).

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  1. Andrey KolmogorovApril 25, 1903 – October 20, 1987
  2. Cecil Frank Powell (this page)December 5, 1903 – August 9, 1969
  3. Georges de RhamSeptember 10, 1903 – October 7, 1990
  4. Hugo TheorellJuly 6, 1903 – August 15, 1982
  5. Lars OnsagerNovember 27, 1903 – October 5, 1976
  6. W. V. D. HodgeJune 17, 1903 – July 7, 1975

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