Arthur Compton
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title:
Arthur Compton
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Arthur Holly Compton 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 the idea that light had both wave and particle properties was not easily accepted. He is also known for his leadership over the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago during the M
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American physicist (1892–1962)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Compton
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2004-01-15T20:39:12Z
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2024-09-07T19:35:01Z
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