Gerard K. O'Neill

Gerard Kitchen O'Neill was an American physicist and space activist. As a faculty member of Princeton University, he invented a device called the particle storage ring for high-energy physics experiments. Later, he invented a magnetic launcher called the mass driver.

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Who was born first?

• Gerard K. O'Neill and Martin Lewis Perl were born the same year
• Gerard K. O'Neill and Marshall Warren Nirenberg were born the same year
• Gerard K. O'Neill and Alan MacDiarmid were born the same year
• Gerard K. O'Neill and F. Sherwood Rowland were born the same year
• Gerard K. O'Neill and Karl Alexander Müller were born the same year

Timeline

1. Alan MacDiarmidApril 14, 1927 – February 7, 2007
2. F. Sherwood RowlandJune 28, 1927 – March 10, 2012
3. Gerard K. O'Neill (this page)February 6, 1927 – April 27, 1992
4. Karl Alexander MüllerApril 20, 1927 – January 9, 2023
5. Marshall Warren NirenbergApril 10, 1927 – January 15, 2010
6. Martin Lewis PerlJune 24, 1927 – September 30, 2014

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• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Nicolaus CopernicusFebruary 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizJune 21, 1646 – November 14, 1716