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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 Allan. Smith was a pioneer in the field of operations research. ==Early life and education== Smith was born on 23 March 1914 in Little Rock, Arkansas the son of Nick Monroe Smith and Mary Gossett.〔United States, Genealogy Bank Obituaries, 1980-2014. Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKWY-CK7Y : accessed 21 August 2015), Nicholas Monroe Smith Jr, Tennessee, United States, 12 Aug 2003.〕 He attended the University of Arkansas and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics and physics. According to the US Census, in 1940 Smith and his wife Elizabeth resided in Chicago, Illinois.〔United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWYM-CJT : accessed 21 August 2015), Nicholas M Smith, Ward 5, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. 2012.〕 At the University of Chicago he earned a master's and doctoral degrees in physics. He work in the Ryerson Physical Laboratory,〔Smith Jr, Nicholas M. (15 September 1939). The Energies Released in the Reactions Li 7 (p, α) He 4 and Li 6 (d, α) He 4, and the Masses of the Light Atoms. Physical Review. 56(6): 548.〕 At Chicago his advisor was Samuel Allison and graduate studies involved work on Chicago Pile-1, the first controlled nuclear chain reaction by Enrico Fermi. Smith landed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. and performed research with James Van Allen in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism.〔Van Allen, James A., & Smith Jr, N. M. (1941). The absolute number of quanta from the bombardment of fluorine with protons. Physical Review. 59(6): 501.〕〔Van Allen, James A., & Smith Jr, N. M. (1941). The Absolute Cross Section for the Photo-Disintegration of Deuterium by 6.2-Mev Quanta. Physical Review. 59(7): 618.〕 In addition to Allison, Smith worked with physicist Lester Skaggs to design an aircraft proximity detection system that utilized radio waves to locate and detonate anti-aircraft shells. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nicholas M. Smith, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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