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Roosevelt, Franklin D. Truman, Harry S. Arthur Holly Compton was born in Wooster, Ohio, in 1892, where his father was a Presbyterian minister as well as Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the local college. After completing a Bachelor's Degree at Wooster, Compton earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University in 1916.
Arthur Compton (1892-1962) was an American physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics.A top administrator and advisor during the Manhattan Project, Compton played a key role in the making of the atomic bomb. He headed a National Academy of Sciences committee, whose members included Enrico Fermi, Leo Szilard,…
Wooster Cemetery. Born in Wooster, Ohio in 1892, Compton received his PhD in Physics from Princeton University in 1916. By 1923 he was teaching at the University of Chicago where he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 for the “Compton Effect” which supported Einstein’s particle theory of light. During World War II, he became the ...
Wu Youxun. Signature. Arthur Holly Compton (September 10, 1892 – March 15, 1962) was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 for his 1923 discovery of the Compton effect, which demonstrated the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation. It was a sensational discovery at the time: the wave nature of light had been ...
Manhattan District The Trinity test of the Manhattan Project on 16 July 1945 was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. Active 1942–1946 Disbanded 15 August 1947 Country United States United Kingdom Canada Branch U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Garrison/HQ Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S. Anniversaries 13 August 1942 Engagements Allied invasion of Italy Allied invasion of France Allied invasion of ...
It features, left to right, Ernest O. Lawrence, Arthur H. Compton, Vannevar Bush, James B. Conant, Karl T. Compton, and Alfred L. Loomis. The portrait of Leslie Groves is reprinted from the inside front cover of Vincent C. Jones, Manhattan: The Army and the Atomic Bomb, United States Army in World War II (Washington: Center of Military History ...
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Jul 19, 2023 · The project was unique for bringing together "colored and white, Christian and Jew" for a common cause, Arthur Compton, the Manhattan Project director in Chicago, said.
