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David B. Nicodemas

PhysicistLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranScientist

David Nicodemus (1916-1999) was an American physicist. Nicodemus worked at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project and witnessed the Trinity Test. After the war, he earned a Ph.D. from Stanford University and went to teach at Oregon State University.

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