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Richard Taylor, Nobel Prize in Physics 1990

Richard Taylor in 1967.
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Richard Taylor, born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, in 1929, shared the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics for experiments around 1970 that scattered high-energy electrons off protons and neutrons.

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The 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics as recorded by NobelPrize.org.

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Richard E. Taylor – Facts - NobelPrize.org ↗

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