Carl Anderson - American Physicist
(1905-1991)
August 2, 1932
While studying cosmic rays, Anderson discovers a fourth elementary particle, the positron.

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The positron is a positively charged electron. It is the decay product of many radioactive isotopes, such as carbon-11.

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