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Arthur Holly Compton (September 10, 1892 – March 15, 1962) 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.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1927 was divided equally between Arthur Holly Compton "for his discovery of the effect named after him" and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson "for his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour"
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1927 was divided equally between Arthur Holly Compton "for his discovery of the effect named after him" and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson "for his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour"
Arthur Holly Compton (born September 10, 1892, Wooster, Ohio, U.S.—died March 15, 1962, Berkeley, California) was an American physicist and joint winner, with C.T.R. Wilson of England, of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1927 for his discovery and explanation of the change in the wavelength of X-rays when they collide with electrons in metals.
Dec 1, 2022 · Arthur Compton and the mysteries of light. For nearly 20 years, Einstein’s quantum theory of light was disputed on the basis that light was a wave. In 1922 Compton’s x-ray scattering experiment proved light’s dual nature. Erik Henriksen.
Arthur Compton (1892-1962) was an American physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. A top administrator and advisor during the Manhattan Project, Compton played a key role in the making of the atomic bomb.
Arthur Holly Compton. US citizen. Born 1892 USA, died 1962, California. Like his older brothers (Karl and Wilson, who would serve as the presidents of MIT and Washington State College, respectively) he attended the University of Wooster, OH, obtaining his BSc in 1913.
Arthur Compton discovered that light can behave as a particle as well as a wave, and he coined the word photon to describe this newly identified particle of light. Compton’s discovery was one of the pivotal revelations that led physicists to conclude that objects once thought to be particles can behave like waves and objects once thought to ...
Mar 28, 2023 · 100 years ago, Arthur Compton measured a wavelength shift in an X-ray scattering experiment, which provided direct evidence for the particle theory of light.
Quick Facts. Born in Wooster, Ohio in 1892, Compton received his PhD in Physics from Princeton University in 1916. By 1923 he was teaching at the University of Chicago where he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 for the “Compton Effect” which supported Einstein’s particle theory of light.
