James Chadwick, a Nobel Laureate, was a British physicist and Nobel Prize winner who made some of the most important contributions to modern physics.

His discovery of the neutron changed subatomic physics and led to the development of the atomic bomb.

This discovery also made it possible to produce new elements.

He was also responsible for the discovery of nuclear fission, which has many uses, both for peace and for war.

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In World War II, Chadwick led the British technical team that helped develop the atomic bomb.

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He was knighted in 1945 and became the Master of Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge.

He later returned to Cambridge to be a professor and he eventually retired from his position in the 1950s.

Chadwick's discovery made it possible to produce heavier elements in the laboratory.

His discovery of the neutron is widely recognized as the beginning of modern nuclear physics.