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Bradbury, Norris Edwin(Norris)

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Born: 1909 AD
Died: 1997 AD, at 88 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Physicists

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1909 - He was born in Santa Barbara, California on the 30th of May.

1945-1970 - He served as director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory for 25 years.

         - He was in charge of the final assembly of "the gadget", detonated in July for the Trinity test.

         - He oversaw the transition of the laboratory from World War II through the Cold War.

1997 - He died on the 20th of August.





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