The First Cyclotrons

IN THIS ROOM
IN 1930 - 1934
EARNEST O. LAWRENCE
WITH M. STANLEY LIVINGSTON, DAVID H. SLOAN,
AND OTHER COLLABORATORS
DEVELOPED THE FIRST CYCLOTRONS
AND HEAVY-ION ACCELERATORS

THE OBSERVED THE FIRST NUCLEAR REACTIONS ON
THIS CONTINENT WITH A 1.2 MEV PROTON BEAM
AND INITIATED THE ERA OF ACCELERATOR-BASED
NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS

(Outside 325 Le Conte Hall)