The Clyde Lorraine Cowan Jr. papers. 1952-1974.

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The Clyde Lorraine Cowan Jr. papers. 1952-1974.

Contains correspondence, research notes, published articles, public lecture slides, and blueprints relating to both his work at Los Alamos and the Catholic University of America. Additional CUA material includes student examinations, dissertation research, class notes, and computer readouts.

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Catholic University of America

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Catholic University of America

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The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by the U.S. Catholic bishops.[7] Established in 1887 as a graduate and research center following approval by Pope Leo XIII on Easter Sunday,[8] the university began offering undergraduate education in 1904. The university's campus lies within the Brookland n...

Los Alamos scientific laboratory

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Cowan, Clyde L.

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Cowan, 1919-1974, a physicist and educator, took his doctorate at Washington University in St. Louis in 1949. From 1949 to 1957 he was a physicist at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, where he became a group leader in the nuclear weapons test division. He joined the physics faculty at the Catholic University of American (CUA) as an ordinary professor in 1958. A co-discoverer of the neutrino in 1956, he was a poineer in the technique of particle detection used in elementary particle physics, ...