However, because he was mistakenly interviewed for admittance to the physics program and was too shy to explain the error, he decided to stay in physics.
Initially Chadwick was disappointed in the physics classes, finding them too large and noisy. But in his second year, he heard a lecture by experimental physicist Ernest Rutherford about his early New Zealand experiments. Chadwick established a close working relationship with Rutherford and graduated in 1911 with first honors. Chadwick stayed at Manchester to work on his master's degree. During this time he made the acquaintance of others in the physics department, including Hans Geiger and Niels Bohr. Chadwick completed his M.Sc. in 1913 and won a scholarship that required him to do his research away from the institution that granted his degree. At this time Geiger returned to Germany, and Chadwick decided to follow him.
Chadwick had not been in Germany long when World War I broke out. Unsure of his plans, he postponed leaving the country. Soon he was arrested and sat in a Berlin jail for ten days until Geiger's laboratory interceded for his release.
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