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Jean Baptiste Perrin. Jean Baptiste Perrin ForMemRS [1] (30 September 1870 – 17 April 1942) was a French physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids ( sedimentation equilibrium ), verified Albert Einstein 's explanation of this phenomenon and thereby confirmed the atomic nature of matter.
Apr 13, 2024 · Jean Perrin (born Sept. 30, 1870, Lille, France—died April 17, 1942, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was a French physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids, verified Albert Einstein’s explanation of this phenomenon and thereby confirmed the atomic nature of matter. For this achievement he was ...
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May 18, 2018 · French physicist Jean Baptiste Perrin (1870-1942) helped to prove that atoms and molecules exist, an achievement that earned him the 1926 Nobel Prize in physics. Jean Baptiste Perrin was born in Lille, France, on September 30, 1870, and raised, along with two sisters, by his widowed mother. His father, an army officer, died of wounds he ...
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Jean Baptiste Perrin. Jean Baptiste Perrin was a renowned French physicist who was honored with the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1926. He began his career as an assistant in physics, and after the completion of his doctorate, got the opportunity to teach as a lecturer and then professor. Among his students was well-known physicist Pierre Victor ...
Jean Baptiste Perrin ForMemRS (30 September 1870 – 17 April 1942) was a French physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids ( sedimentation equilibrium ), verified Albert Einstein 's explanation of this phenomenon and thereby confirmed the atomic nature of matter.
Jean Baptiste Perrin – Nobel Lecture. Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1926 . Discontinuous Structure of Matter. Since I have the great honour to have to summarize here the work which has enabled me to receive the high international distinction awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences, I shall speak of the "discontinuous structure of matter".
Search for: 'Jean Baptiste Perrin' in Oxford Reference ». (1870–1942) French physicistPerrin was born in Lille, France, the son of an army officer. He was educated at the Ecole Normale, where he received his doctorate in 1897. He was appointed to the Sorbonne where he was made professor of physical chemistry in 1910.
