Michael Wulf Friedlander (November 15, 1928 – April 29, 2021)[1][2] was a South African-born[1][2] American physicist and skeptic.
[6] While at the University of Bristol he jointly published with M. G. K. Menon the discovery of beta decay of the kaon and the first precision measurement of the mass of the lambda-zero hyperon.
[6] He investigated the elemental composition of light cosmic rays through studies of nuclear-emulsions obtained from high-altitude balloons.
[1][6] During the late 1960s, in collaboration with colleagues Joseph Klarmann and Robert M. Walker he studied the very rare ultra-heavy cosmic rays with atomic number greater than 26.
[2] He also investigated the effects of cosmic ray particles in dust and gas surrounding the stellar system Eta Carinae.
[2] Friedlander was a member of the Greater St. Louis Citizens’ Committee for Nuclear Information that initiated the Baby Tooth Survey.
The site covers not only Friedlander's cosmic rays research, but also a glimpse of her many other interests, both within the physics department and across the larger university community.