Robert J. Van de Graaff invented a particle accelerator named for him that tremendously advanced research in nuclear physics. He devoted his life to the improvement and commercial construction of his ...
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Robert Jenison van de Graaff was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on December 20, 1901. He earned bachelors and masters degrees in mechanical engineering at the University of Alabama in 1922 and 1923, res...
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