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rnest O. Lawrence was the father of the science of particle accelerators. In 1930, he built the first circular accelerator, or cyclotron, at Berkeley, California. Lawrence often operated the Berkeley cyclotrons all night to produce medical isotopes for research and treatment. In 1938, Lawrence�s mother Gunda became the first cancer patient to be treated successfully with particles from cyclotrons.