Raymond Davis Jr.
Chemist and physicist, Nobel laureate
Born
October 14th, 1914
111 years ago
Died
May 31st, 2006
19 years ago — 91 years old
Category
Scientists & Innovators
Country
United States
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Received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002
Developed methods for detecting solar neutrinos
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