Clinton Davisson
Clinton Joseph Davisson (October 22, 1881 – Februar 1, 1958), wis an American pheesicist wha wan the 1937 Nobel Prize in Pheesics for his discovery o electron diffraction in the famous Davisson-Germer experiment. Davisson shared the Nobel Prize wi George Paget Thomson, wha independently discovered electron diffraction at aboot the same time as Davisson.
 Clinton Joseph Davisson | |
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 Davisson | |
| Born | 22 October 1881 Bloomington, Illinois, USA |
| Dee'd | 1 Februar 1958 (aged 76) Charlottesville, Virginie, USA |
| Naitionality | Unitit States |
| Alma mater | Varsity o Chicago (B.S., 1908) Princeton Varsity (Ph.D, 1911) |
| Kent for | Electron diffraction |
| Hauf-marrae(s) | Charlotte Davisson |
| Awairds | Comstock Prize in Pheesics (1928)[1] Elliott Cresson Medal (1931) Hughes Medal (1935) Nobel Prize in Pheesics (1937) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pheesics |
| Institutions | Princeton Varsity Carnegie Institute of Technology Bell Labs |
| Doctoral advisor | Owen Richardson |
| Influenced | Joseph A. Becker William Shockley |
References
eedit- ↑ "Comstock Prize in Physics". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 Februar 2011.