American physicist Edwin McMillan (18th September, 1907 - 7th September, 1991) devised the first electron synchrotron in 1945. This allowed for the extension of the periodic system of elements. In 1951 McMillan shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry with Glenn Seaborg.
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