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Norris Edwin Bradbury (30 May 1909 – 20 August 1997), was an American physicist who was born in Santa Barbara, California. He served as director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory for 25 years from 1945 to 1970, succeeding Robert Oppenheimer, who personally chose Bradbury for the position of director after working closely with him on the Manhattan Project. During the war he was in charge of the final assembly of the Gadget, detonated in July 1945 for the Trinity test. He oversaw the transition of the laboratory from World War II through the Cold War. The Bradbury Science Museum is named in his honor.

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  • Norris Bradbury
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  • Norris Edwin Bradbury (30 May 1909 – 20 August 1997), was an American physicist who was born in Santa Barbara, California. He served as director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory for 25 years from 1945 to 1970, succeeding Robert Oppenheimer, who personally chose Bradbury for the position of director after working closely with him on the Manhattan Project. During the war he was in charge of the final assembly of the Gadget, detonated in July 1945 for the Trinity test. He oversaw the transition of the laboratory from World War II through the Cold War. The Bradbury Science Museum is named in his honor.
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  • Physics
Birth Date
  • 1909-05-30(xsd:date)
death place
  • Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Name
  • Norris Bradbury
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  • Norris Bradbury
Alma mater
  • Pomona College, B.A.
  • University of California, Berkeley. Ph.D.
Birth Place
  • Santa Barbara, California
death date
  • 1997-08-20(xsd:date)
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  • 240(xsd:integer)
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doctoral advisor
  • Leonard B. Loeb
Known For
  • Succeeded J. Robert Oppenheimer as director at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Signature
  • Norris Bradbury signature.jpg
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  • Norris Edwin Bradbury (30 May 1909 – 20 August 1997), was an American physicist who was born in Santa Barbara, California. He served as director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory for 25 years from 1945 to 1970, succeeding Robert Oppenheimer, who personally chose Bradbury for the position of director after working closely with him on the Manhattan Project. During the war he was in charge of the final assembly of the Gadget, detonated in July 1945 for the Trinity test. He oversaw the transition of the laboratory from World War II through the Cold War. The Bradbury Science Museum is named in his honor.
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