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Raymond Davis Jr. was an American chemist and physicist. He is best known as the leader of the Homestake experiment in the 1960s-1980s, which was the first experiment to detect neutrinos emitted from the Sun; for this he shared the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Born 14 October 1914 · Died 31 May 2006 · Q175519
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Died in Blue Point, New York, from complications of Alzheimer's disease
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Died 2006-05-31.
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Won Benjamin Franklin Medal (2003).
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Awarded Enrico Fermi Award (2003).
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos.
Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (2002).
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With Japanese physicist Masatoshi Koshiba and Italian Riccardo Giacconi for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, Davis was recognized for his work on the detection of cosmic neutrinos, looking at the solar neutrino
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Won National Medal of Science (2001).
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Awarded Wolf Prize in Physics (2000).
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Awarded George Ellery Hale Prize (1996).
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Awarded Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize (1994).
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Awarded Panofsky Prize (1992).
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Awarded Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics (1988).
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Awarded Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry (1979).
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Awarded Comstock Prize in Physics (1978).
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And later one of the reactors at Savannah River
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Joined Brookhaven National Laboratory, which was attempting to find peaceful uses for nuclear power
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Davis went to work at Monsanto's Mound Laboratory, in Miamisburg, Ohio, doing applied radiochemistry of interest to the United States Atomic Energy Commission
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Davis spent most of World War II at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah observing the results of chemical weapons tests and exploring the Great Salt Lake basin for evidence of its predecessor, Lake Bonneville
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In chemistry, which is part of the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
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Born 1914-10-14.
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