Mark Oliphant
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Mark Oliphant
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Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, 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. Born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia, Oliphant graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1922. He was awarded an 1851 Exhibition Scholarship in 1927 on the strength of the research he had done on mercury, and went to England, where he studied under Sir Ernest Rutherford at the
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Australian physicist (1901–2000)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Oliphant
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2003-09-11T03:09:35Z
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2024-09-13T07:43:31Z
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