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Nobel Prize in Physics 1936

"for his discovery of cosmic radiation"

Victor Franz Hess
Button 1/2 of prize
Button Austria (American citizen since 1944)
Button born 1883, died 1964
Button CA - Fordham University, New York, New York, USA
Button AA - Institute of Radium Research, Vienna Academy of Sciences (Austrian Academy of Sciences), Vienna, Austria
Button WA - Institute of Radium Research, Vienna Academy of Sciences (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
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"for his discovery of the positron"

Carl David Anderson
Button 1/2 of prize
Button USA
Button born 1905, died 1991
Button CA - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
Button AA - California Institute of Technology
Button WA - California Institute of Technology
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*Explanation of CA, AA & WA*


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Victor Franz Hess:

Carl David Anderson:

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Explanation of Institutional Affiliations:
Current Affiliation (CA)
The Laureate's current or last affiliation.
Award Affiliation (AA)
The institution(s) with which the Laureate was officially associated when s/he did the Nobel award work.
Work Affiliation (WA)
Where the actual Nobel work was performed. Particularly in recent years, work leading to experimental discoveries is often conducted at one of a few large physics laboratories in the world.

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