Frederick Reines

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. ↗

— Frederick Reines

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Most of these experiments required the reduction of the cosmic ray muon flux in order to be successful, and the group necessarily became expert in the operation of deep underground laboratories. ↗

— Frederick Reines

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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. ↗

— Frederick Reines

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I served as Dean until 1974, when I stepped down to return to full time teaching and research. ↗

— Frederick Reines

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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. ↗

— Frederick Reines

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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. ↗

— Frederick Reines

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In 1956 we observed the electron antineutrino. ↗

— Frederick Reines

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

— Frederick Reines

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