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C. F. Powell was a British physicist who made important contributions to nuclear and particle physics research. His work matters because it advanced our understanding of fundamental particles and the forces that govern them.
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Cecil Frank Powell (5 December 1903 – 9 August 1969) was a British experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1950 for heading the team that developed the photographic method of studying nuclear processes, and for the resulting discovery of the pion (pi-meson).
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1903 births1969 deaths20th-century British physicistsAcademics of the University of BristolAlumni of Sidney Sussex College, CambridgeAnti–nuclear weapons movementBritish experimental physicistsBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyBritish Nobel laureatesBritish particle physicistsCosmic ray physicistsNobel laureates in Physics