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Emma Elda Anderson
(1899-1961)


Emma Elda Anderson was a famous physicist who helped to create the atomic bomb.  She was born in Green Lake, Wisconsin in 1899.  She earned both her masters and doctorate from the University of Wisconsin, and she later taught physics and chemistry at schools in Iowa and Wisconsin. 

In 1941, she left her job as chairman of the physics department at Milwaukee-Downer College to join the Office of Scientific Research and Development at Princeton University.  Here, is where she worked with a team and developed the atomic bomb.  After this, she returned to teaching, but became bored and moved on to become the first chief of education for the Health Physics Division at Oak Ridge Laboratory in Tennessee.  Health Physics is the study of radiation effects on human health. 


For more information on Emma Anderson, you can visit the following websites:

bullethttp://www.britannica.com/women/articles/Anderson_Elda_Emma.html
bullethttp://www.engr.psu.edu/wep/EngCompSp98/AFischer/Elda.html

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