Katharine Way
Katharine "Kay" Way (February 20, 1902 – December 9, 1995) was an American physicist best known for her work on the Nuclear Data Project. During World War II, she worked for the Manhattan Project at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago. She became an adjunct professor at Duke University in 1968.
Katharine Way | |
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| Born | February 20, 1902 Sewickley, Pennsylvania |
| Died | December 9, 1995 (aged 93) |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Alma mater | Columbia University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Known for | Nuclear Data Project |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Tennessee Manhattan Project National Bureau of Standards Oak Ridge National Laboratory Duke University |
| Thesis | Photoelectric Cross Section of the Deuteron (1938) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Wheeler |
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