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Published online 5 December 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031201-7
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Centenary of particle pioneer
Cecil Powell won Nobel for discovering the pion and firing up a new field of physics.
One hundred years ago today, 5 December 1903, Cecil Powell was born. The English physicist kickstarted the discovery of a whole zoo of fundamental subatomic particles.
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