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Raymond Davis, Jr.
American
Scientist
Born:
Oct 14
,
1914
Died:
May 31
,
2006
Energy
Father
Helium
Made
School
World
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I was educated in the Washington public schools and attended the University of Maryland as a day student, graduating in 1938 with a degree in chemistry. After working for the Dow Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan, for a year, I returned to the University of Maryland to take a Master's degree before going on to Yale to pursue a doctorate.
Raymond Davis, Jr.
Day
Degree
Master
Chemistry
Year
Before
Public Schools
Pursue
Student
Take
Maryland
Attended
Doctorate
Schools
Returned
Yale
Chemical
Educated
Michigan
Going
Graduating
After
Public
Working
Company
Washington
University
Every time four protons are turned into a helium nucleus, two neutrinos are produced. These neutrinos take only two seconds to reach the surface of the Sun and another eight minutes or so to reach the Earth. Thus, neutrinos tell us what happened in the center of the Sun eight minutes ago.
Raymond Davis, Jr.
Time
Every
Every Time
Seconds
Earth
Sun
Tell
Minutes
Only
Take
Thus
Reach
Another
Surface
Eight
Happened
Center
Turned
Us
Produced
Helium
Four
Two
In the spring of 1948, I was able to join the newly created Brookhaven National Laboratory, which was dedicated to finding peaceful uses for atomic energy.
Raymond Davis, Jr.
Spring
National
Energy
Finding
Able
Atomic
Atomic Energy
Join
Laboratory
Which
Newly
Created
Dedicated
Uses
Peaceful
The sun derives its energy from fusion reactions in which hydrogen is transformed into helium.
Raymond Davis, Jr.
Energy
Sun
Fusion
Hydrogen
Reactions
Which
Transformed
Helium
Derives
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