Philip Burton Moon

Philip Burton Moon
Moon in Los Alamos in 1964
Born	17 May 1907 Lewisham, London, England
Died	9 October 1994(1994-10-09) (aged 87)
Alma mater	Sidney Sussex College Cavendish Laboratory
Known for	Tube Alloys Manhattan Project Gamma ray fluorescence development of atomic bomb 'Oliphant's satellite'
Awards	Hughes Medal (1991) Fellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Nuclear physics
Institutions	University of Cambridge Imperial College, London Birmingham University Cavendish Laboratory University of Birmingham
Doctoral advisor	Ernest Rutherford
Other academic advisors	Sir Mark Oliphant
Doctoral students	Noor Muhammad Butt

Philip Burton Moon FRS^[1] (17 May 1907 – 9 October 1994) was a British nuclear physicist. He is most remembered for his research work in atomic physics and nuclear physics. He is one of the British scientists who participated in the United States' Manhattan Project, Britain's Tube Alloys, and was involved in nuclear weapon development. Moon made outstanding and original experimental contributions which stimulated the development of whole fields of research involving neutrons, gamma rays and novel methods of studying chemical reactions ('Mechanically propelled molecular beams: techniques and opportunities', Moon, P.B. Ralls, M.P., Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 423, 361 371, 1989).