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Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett, OM, CH, FRS (18 November 1897 – 13 July 1974), was a British experimental physicist known for his work on cloud chambers, cosmic rays, and paleomagnetism, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1948.
Patrick Blackett (born November 18, 1897, London, England—died July 13, 1974, London) was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1948 for his discoveries in the field of cosmic rays, which he accomplished primarily with cloud-chamber photographs that revealed the way in which a stable atomic nucleus can be disintegrated by bombarding it ...
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1953 Became head of the Physics Department of Imperial College London. 1974 Jul 13th Died in London at the age of 76. Patrick Blackett (1897-1974) was an accomplished British scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1948.
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May 11, 2018 · BLACKETT, PATRICK MAYNARD STUART (Baron Blackett of Chelsea) (b. Kensington, London, 18 November 1897; d. London, 13 July 1974), nuclear physics, cosmic-ray physics, cloud-chamber physics, geomagnetism and geophysics, operational research. Blackett was one of the most versatile experimental physicists of his generation.
November 18, 1897 – July 13, 1974. Brief Biography. Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett was a critical figure in the early development of operations research during World War II. Born in London, Blackett attended a military preparatory school, and served in the Royal Navy during World War I.
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett,, was a British experimental physicist known for his work on cloud chambers, cosmic rays, and paleomagnetism, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1948. In 1925 he became the first person to prove that radioactivity could cause the nuclear transmutation of one chemical element to another.
Research Profile - Patrick Blackett | Lindau Mediatheque. by Luisa Bonolis. Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett. Nobel Prize in 1948 Physics. Cloud chamber and transmutation of nitrogen. Patrick Blackett was a remarkably versatile physicist, whose career touched science, warfare and politics.
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