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Frederick Reines

Frederick Reines (/ˈraɪnɛs/ RY-ness; March 16, 1918 – August 26, 1998) was an American physicist. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for his co-detection of the neutrino with Clyde Cowan in the neutrino experiment. He may be the only scientist in history "so intimately associated with the discovery of an elementary particle and the subsequent thorough investigation of its fundamental properties".

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Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization.

Boys, Eagles, Leadership, Organization, Ranks, Rose

In 1958, I was a delegate to the Atoms for Peace conference in Geneva.

Atoms, Conferences, Geneva, 1958, Delegate, Peace

I was strongly encouraged by a science teacher who took an interest in me and presented me with a key to the laboratory to allow me to work whenever I wanted.

Interest, Keys, Presented, Teacher, Took, Whenever

During my participation in the Manhattan Project and subsequent research at Los Alamos, encompassing a period of fifteen years, I worked in the company of perhaps the greatest collection of scientific talent the world has ever known.

Years, Manhattan, Research, Encompassing, Company, Known

I turned my attention for a while to gamma ray astronomy and soon began the first in a continous series of experiments at the Savannah River site to study the properties of the neutrino.

Rivers, Rays, Attention, Gamma, River

I received my undergraduate degree in engineering in 1939 and a Master of Science degree in mathematical physics in 1941 at Steven Institute of Technology.

1941, Funny, Graduation, Inspirational, Received, Undergraduate

However, I had a chance encounter with an admissions officer of Stevens Institute of Technology, who so impressed me by his erudition and enthusiasm for the school that I changed course and entered Stevens Institute.

Admissions, Changed, Encounters, Impressed, School, Technology

My early childhood memories center around this typical American country store and life in a small American town, including 4th of July celebrations marked by fireworks and patriotic music played from a pavilion bandstand.

4Th Of July, Center, Country, Memories, Typical

Our home had many books due principally to the educational interests of my sister and two brothers, all of whom where serious students engaged in professional studies; my sister became a doctor of medicine and my brothers became lawyers.

Became, Book, Brother, Educational, Interests, Professional

In 1956 we observed the electron antineutrino.

Electrons, 1956, Antineutrino, Observed, Electron