Clyde Cowan | |
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![]() Frederick Reines (left) with Cowan | |
Born | Detroit, Michigan, United States | December 6, 1919
Died | May 24, 1974 Bethesda, Maryland, United States | (aged 54)
Alma mater | Washington University in St. Louis Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy |
Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1957)[1] |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | The Catholic University of America |
Clyde Lorrain Cowan Jr (December 6, 1919 – May 24, 1974) was an American physicist and the co-discoverer of the neutrino along with Frederick Reines. The discovery was made in 1956 in the neutrino experiment.[2] Reines received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 in both their names.