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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Lawrence and His Laboratory

For Students 9th - 10th
This website gives a complete description of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory's early years. The development of Lawrence's first and subsequent cyclotrons are chronicled.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Ernest Lawrence

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about scientist Ernest Lawrence, a physicist whose work was prominent during World War II.
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Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Ernest Lawrence Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the physicist and Nobel Laureate Ernest Lawrence.
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Soylent Communications

Notable Names Database: Ernest Lawrence

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief biography discusses the innovative work of physicist Ernest Lawrence, inventor of a magnetic resonance particle accelerator.
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Ernest Lawrence

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and work of Ernest Lawrence, inventor of cyclotron and founder of big science.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Gilbert Lewis

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, you can read about the inventor of "Heavy Water," Gilbert Newton Lewis, who is "one of the most influential and admired scientists of the twentieth century."