Edwin M. McMillan's first important discovery was made in 1940 when he, Philip Abelson, and Glenn T. Seaborg produced and identified samples of transuranium elements , later named neptunium and plutonium. After World War II McMillan became involved in...

Edwin M. McMillan's first important discovery was made in 1940 when he, Philip Abelson, and Glenn T. Seaborg (1912-1999)produced and identified samples of transuranium elements , later named neptunium and plutonium. After World War II, McMillan became...

Edwin McMillan was born in Redondo Beach, California, on September 18, 1907. He received his bachelors degree in physics in 1928 and his masters degree the following year, both from the California Institute of Technology. In 1932 he earned his Ph.D. in...

1907-1991 American physicist who co-discovered the first transuranium element, neptunium. McMillan was director of the radiation facility at the University of California, Berkeley. His research, along with colleague Glenn Theodore Seaborg's, led...

Edwin Mattison McMillan (September 18, 1907 – September 7, 1991) was the first scientist to produce a transuranium element. He was born in Redondo Beach, California, but his family moved to Pasadena the following year. He attended some of the...