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Arthur Holly Compton. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1927. Born: 10 September 1892, Wooster, OH, USA. Died: 15 March 1962, Berkeley, CA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. Prize motivation: “for his discovery of the effect named after him” Prize share: 1/2. Work.
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For this discovery, Compton was awarded the Nobel Prize in...
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For this discovery, Compton was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for 1927 (sharing this with C. T. R. Wilson who received the Prize for his discovery of the cloud chamber method).
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 well-demonstrated, but ...
Arthur Holly Compton, American physicist and joint winner, with C.T.R. Wilson, of the 1927 Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery and explanation of the change in the wavelength of X-rays when they collide with electrons in metals.
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1927 was divided equally between Arthur Holly Compton "for his discovery of the effect named after him" and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson "for his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour"
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.
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Nobel Prize in Physics 1927 Arthur Holly Compton and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson to Compton for his discovery of the effect named after him and to Wilson for his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour
