Albert Ghiorso

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Albert Ghiorso was an American nuclear scientist who was a co-discoverer of 12 chemical elements on the periodic table. His research career spanned five decades, from the early 1940s to the late 1990s. Ghiorso was born in Vallejo, California July 15, 1915. He grew up in Alameda, California. As a teenager, he built radio circuitry and earned a reputation for establishing radio contacts at distances that outdid the military. He received his BS in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1937. After graduation, he worked for a company that produced emergency communication devices, and invented the world's first commercial Geiger counter. Ghiorso's ability to produce these radiation detectors brought him into contact with the nuclear scientists at the University of California, in particular Glenn Seaborg. Reportedly, after graduating Ghiorso earned his living by performing odd jobs for short-wave radio operators