Cyril Stanley Smith

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Cyril Stanley Smith

Engineering

#1187

World Rank

#1803

Historical Rank

Metallurgy

#6

World Rank

#6

Historical Rank

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Why Is Cyril Stanley Smith Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Cyril Stanley Smith was a British metallurgist and historian of science. He is most famous for his work on the Manhattan Project where he was responsible for the production of fissionable metals. A graduate of the University of Birmingham and Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Smith worked for many years as a research metallurgist at the American Brass Company. During World War II he worked in the Chemical-Metallurgical Division of the Los Alamos Laboratory, where he purified, cast and shaped uranium-235 and plutonium, a metal hitherto available only in microgram amounts, and whose properties were largely unknown. After the war he served on the Atomic Energy Commission's influential General Advisory Committee, and the President's Science Advisory Committee.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Cyril Stanley Smith?

Cyril Stanley Smith is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Oxford
• University of Chicago
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• University of Birmingham
• Civil Service College Singapore