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Elaine Palevsky

PhysicstLos Alamos, NM

Chicago, ILTrinity Site
Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/StaffScientistSpouse to Manhattan Project WorkerWoman Scientist

Palevsky worked on the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago and Los Alamos. She was part of the team that designed the lenses used to photograph the Trinity test. 

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