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'''Kedar "Bud" Pyatt''' was [[Project Orion (nuclear propulsion)|Project Orion]]'s chief [[mathematician]]. He worked on [[nuclear physics]] calculations for the project.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2011/jul/17/project-orion-road-not-taken-space/|title=Designing an atom-bomb powered spaceship|last=Rowe|first=Peter|date=July 17, 2011|work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|access-date=December 24, 2015}}</ref> |
'''Kedar "Bud" Pyatt''' was [[Project Orion (nuclear propulsion)|Project Orion]]'s chief [[mathematician]]. He worked on [[nuclear physics]] calculations for the project.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2011/jul/17/project-orion-road-not-taken-space/|title=Designing an atom-bomb powered spaceship|last=Rowe|first=Peter|date=July 17, 2011|work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|access-date=December 24, 2015}}</ref> |
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Having a PhD in nuclear physics from Yale University, <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2011/jul/17/project-orion-road-not-taken-space/|title=Designing an atom-bomb powered spaceship|last=Rowe|first=Peter|date=July 17, 2011|work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|access-date=December 24, 2015}}</ref> he created mathematical models of the processes that were occurring, then setting up equations to simulate those processes and calculate the behavior. |
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Was born in Louisburg, North Carolina. He was the father of [[Geoffrey R. Pyatt|Geoffrey Pyatt]], American ambassador to Ukraine |
Was born in Louisburg, North Carolina. He was the father of [[Geoffrey R. Pyatt|Geoffrey Pyatt]], American ambassador to Ukraine |
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| Born | May 20, 1933 |
| Occupation | Mathematician |
Kedar "Bud" Pyatt was Project Orion's chief mathematician. He worked on nuclear physics calculations for the project.[1]
Having a PhD in nuclear physics from Yale University, [2] he created mathematical models of the processes that were occurring, then setting up equations to simulate those processes and calculate the behavior.
Was born in Louisburg, North Carolina. He was the father of Geoffrey Pyatt, American ambassador to Ukraine
References
- ^ Rowe, Peter (July 17, 2011). "Designing an atom-bomb powered spaceship". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ^ Rowe, Peter (July 17, 2011). "Designing an atom-bomb powered spaceship". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
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