Nicholas Monroe Smith, Jr., was a nuclear physicist and research consultant, he had ties to the Manhattan Project at Chicago and Oak Ridge, and worked with James Van Allen, he was an American space scientist at which organization?
Nicholas M. Smith, Jr. Nicholas Monroe Smith, Jr. (23 March 1914 – 7 August 2003), nuclear physicist and research consultant. Smith was a nuclear physicist, an expert in the field of nuclear and reactor physics, developer of operations research/computer modeling and computer applications consultant. He had ties to the Manhattan Project at Chicago and Oak Ridge, and worked with Samuel Allison and James Van Allen. Smith was a pioneer in the field of operations research.
John Alexander Simpson John Alexander Simpson (November 3, 1916 – August 31, 2000) worked as an experimental nuclear, and cosmic ray physicist who was deeply committed to educating the public and political leaders about science and its implications. The year he died, his instruments in space had been sending data back for nearly 40 years. Simpson spent his career as an instructor and researcher for the University of Chicago Physics department. His research continued up until a few weeks prior to his death on August 31 of 2000.