These two physicists received the 1951 Nobel Prize for Physics for their pioneering work popularly known as splitting the atom.
- Eugene Wigner and Lyman Briggs
- Lise Meitner and Otto Robert Frisch
- Leo Szilard and Edward Teller
- John Cockroft and Ernest Walton
Answer
The correct answer is D) John Cockroft and Ernest Walton.
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