Arthur Holly Compton
1892-1962
American physicist who was awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize for Physics for discovering the Compton effect—shifts in x-ray wavelength due to scattering. His quantum t...
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The American physicist Arthur Holly Compton (1892-1962) discovered the "Compton effect" and the proof of the latitude intensity variation. He also played a critical role in the development of the atom...
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Arthur Holly Compton's research on the scattering of x-rays , which he explained by assuming that the rays consist of tiny,discrete particles now called photons, earned him a share of the 1927 Nobel P...
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Compton was among the first generation of scientists to learn from quantum mechanics. While older scientists viewed the quantum theories of Max Planck and Albert Einstein as strange and implausible, C...
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Arthur Holly Compton
Arthur Holly Compton
Arthur Holly Compton
Arthur Holly Compton