21. Which president was in office when Chamberlain won the Nobel Prize?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Answer
Lyndon B. Johnson was the president of the United States when Owen Chamberlain won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1959. Chamberlain shared the prize with Emilio Segrè for their discovery of the antiproton. Johnson served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969, succeeding John F. Kennedy after his assassination.
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22. Chamberlain helped found which scientists' organization?
23. Which elementary particle did Chamberlain extensively study?
24. Chamberlain's Nobel Prize-winning experiment was in what year?
25. What did Chamberlain focus on after his Nobel Prize win?
26. Which book did Chamberlain contribute to about his Nobel-winning work?
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