Frank Bubb (July 3, 1892 – May 3, 1961) was a
scientist and a
mathematician at
Washington University in St. Louis. He was a part of the team that developed the
cyclotron that produced the first batch of
plutonium for the then secret program only referred to as the
Manhattan Project, which produced the
atomic bomb
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References
Frank W. Bubb Sr.'s obituary
American mathematicians
Manhattan Project people
1892 births
1961 deaths
Washington University in St. Louis mathematicians
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