Arthur Compton
Arthur Holly Compton (September 10, 1892 – Mairch 15, 1962) wis an American pheesicist wha wan the Nobel Prize in Pheesics in 1927 for his 1923 discovery o the Compton effect, which demonstratit the pairticle naitur o electromagnetic radiation. It wis a sensational discovery at the time: the wave naitur o licht haed been well-demonstratit, but the idea that licht had baith wave an pairticle properties wisna easily acceptit. He is an aa kent for his leadership o the Manhattan Project's Metallurgical Laboratory, an served as Chancellor o Washington Varsity in St. Louis frae 1945 tae 1953.
 Arthur Compton | |
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 Arthur Compton in 1927 | |
| Born | Arthur Holly Compton 10 September 1892 Wooster, Ohio, Unitit States |
| Dee'd | 15 Mairch 1962 (aged 69) Berkeley, Californie, Unitit States |
| Naitionality | American |
| Alma mater | College of Wooster Princeton Varsity |
| Kent for | Compton scatterin Compton wavelenth |
| Hauf-marrae(s) | Betty Charity McCloskey |
| Bairns | Arthur Alan John Joseph |
| Awairds | Nobel Prize for Pheesics (1927) Matteucci Medal (1930) Franklin Medal (1940) Hughes Medal (1940) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pheesics |
| Institutions | Washington Varsity in St. Louis Varsity o Chicago Varsity o Minnesota |
| Doctoral advisor | Hereward L. Cooke |
| Doctoral students | Luis Walter Alvarez Winston H. Bostick Robert S. Shankland Joyce A. Bearden Wu Youxun |
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| Notes Brither o Wilson Compton an Karl Compton | |