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Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, AC, KBE, FRS, FAA, FTSE (8 October 1901 – 14 July 2000) was an Australian physicist and humanitarian who played an important role in the first experimental demonstration of nuclear fusion and in the development of nuclear weapons.
Marcus "Mark" Laurence Elwin Oliphant (Adelaida, Australia Meridional, 8 de octubre de 1901 - Canberra, 14 de julio de 2000) fue un físico y humanista australiano que desempeñó un papel importante en la primera demostración de la fusión nuclear y en el desarrollo de las armas nucleares.
Mark Oliphant. (Mark o Marcus Lawrence Elwin Oliphant; Kent Town, Adelaida, 1901 - Canberra, 2000) Físico australiano, conocido por ser el inventor del sincrociclotrón y por descubrir el tritio y el isótopo del helio. Quinto hijo de un funcionario y una artista, sus estudios, comenzados en la Universidad de Adelaida, estuvieron encaminados ...
Learn about Mark Oliphant's life and achievements, from his early education in Australia to his role in the atomic bomb program and the UN Atomic Energy Commission. Find out how his views on nuclear weapons changed over time and how he advocated for nuclear energy and disarmament.
Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin (Mark) Oliphant (1901–2000), physicist, machine-builder, and governor, was born on 8 October 1901 at Kent Town, Adelaide, eldest of five sons of South Australian-born parents Harold George Oliphant, public servant, and his wife Fanny Beatrice Edith, née Tucker.
12 de dic. de 2022 · Mark Oliphant also has a place in physics history. As Rutherford’s student-turned-colleague at the University of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory, Oliphant had a hand in the discovery of tritium, a heavy isotope of hydrogen that proved vital to the later development of nuclear weapons.
5 de ago. de 2023 · Mark Oliphant, a physicist from Adelaide, met J. Robert Oppenheimer in 1941 and convinced him to join the Manhattan Project. Their encounter was a pivotal moment in the history of nuclear weapons and the age of the bomb.
