National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
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.
Victor “Viki” Weisskopf (1908-2002) was an Austrian-American physicist who served as Director General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
