Robert James Moon (February 14, 1911 – November 1, 1989) was an American

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe t ...

and

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limit ...

. A graduate of the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

, he served on the faculty there and participated in the

Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project w ...

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* Who Was Robert J. Moon? https://21sci-tech.com/articles/drmoon.html ''21st Century Science & Technology'' * University of Chicago Photo Archive, Accelerator Building http://photoarchive.lib.uchicago.edu/db.xqy?one=apf2-00146.xml * Interview: Robert Moon. Part I. 'We grew up confident we could solve any problem.' https://larouchepub.com/eiw/public/1987/eirv14n43-19871030/eirv14n43-19871030_031-dr_robert_moon.pdf

Executive Intelligence Review ''Executive Intelligence Review'' (''EIR'') is a weekly newsmagazine founded in 1974 by the American political activist Lyndon LaRouche. Based in Leesburg, Virginia, it maintains offices in a number of countries, according to its masthead, incl ...

, Vol. 14, No. 43, Oct. 30, 1987. * Interview: Robert Moon. Part II. New hypothesis shows geometry of atomic nucleus.

, Vol. 14, No. 44, Nov. 6, 1987. https://larouchepub.com/eiw/public/1987/eirv14n44-19871106/eirv14n44-19871106_018-dr_robert_moon.pdf * Hecht, Laurence. The Geometric Basis for the Periodicity of the Elements. https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/31206913/the-geometry-the-nucleus ''21st Century Science & Technology'', May-June 1988, pp. 18-30. * Continuing the Legacy of Dr. Robert J. Moon. https://21sci-tech.com/Subscriptions/Archive/2004_F.pdf 21st Century Science & Technology. Fall 2004, pp. 8-77. {{DEFAULTSORT:Moon, Robert James 1911 births 1989 deaths 20th-century American physicists University of Chicago faculty University of Chicago alumni Manhattan Project people