Burton Richter
1931-
American physicist who advanced particle physics research methodology. Richter earned a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He served as director of the Stan...
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Burton Richter is a physicist at Stanford University who was largely responsible for the design of the eight-billion electron-volt accelerator called the Stanford Positron-Electron Accelerating Ring (...
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Richter was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 22, 1931. He developed an interest in science at an early age and attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his undergraduate education. He ...
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