Carl David Anderson
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Discovered the positron in cosmic rays, experimentally confirming Dirac's theoretical prediction of antiparticles.
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Cumrun Vafa: String Theory | Lex Fridman Podcast #204
Lex Fridman
Discovered the positron in cosmic rays, experimentally confirming Dirac's theoretical prediction of antiparticles.
So You Want to Understand Quantum Mechanics…
PBS Space Time
Physicist who spotted the positron (antimatter electron) in cosmic rays only a few years after Dirac proposed its existence.