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Joan E. Curran

University of California, Berkeley

Joan Elizabeth Curran (1916-1999) was a Welsh physicist. Curran was born in Swansea, Wales. During World War II, she worked on Operation Windows, where she invented the “chaff,” a technique which could disrupt enemy radar.

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Tinian Island

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Los Alamos, NM

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