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Arthur Holly Compton
Arthur Holly Compton 1892-1962, American physicist, b. Wooster, Ohio, grad. College of Wooster (B.S., 1913), Ph.D. Princeton, 1916. He was professor and head of the department of physics at Washington Univ., St. Louis (1920-23), and professor of physics at the Univ. of Chicago (1923-45), where he h... Read more
Ronald Firbank
Ronald Firbank (Arthur Annesley Ronald Firbank), 1886-1926, English author. Of a delicate and eccentric nature, Firbank lived the life of a leisured aesthete. His novels, which have appealed to a small but appreciative audience, include Vainglory (1915), Valmouth (1919), Prancing Nigger (1924... Read more
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Nobel Prizes Nobel Prizes Year Peace Chemistry Physics Physiology or Medicine Literature 1901 J. H. Dunant Frédéric Passy J. H. van't Hoff W. C. Roentgen E... Read more
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English literature literature written in English since c.1450 by the inhabitants of the British Isles; it was during the 15th cent. that the English language acquired much of its modern form. For the literature of previous linguistic periods, see the articles on Anglo-Saxon literature and Middle... Read more

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Arthur Holly Compton
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Compton The American physicist Arthur Holly Compton (1892-1962) discovered the...development of the atomic bomb. Arthur Compton was born in Wooster, Ohio...child of Elias and Otelia Compton. It was midway during Arthur's early formal education... Read more
Compton, Arthur Holly
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Compton, Arthur Holly (1892–1962) US physicist. He discovered...rays collide with electrons (the ‘Compton effect’). This helped prove that...Manhattan Project to develop the atom bomb, Compton helped create the first sustained nuclear... Read more
Compton, Arthur H.
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...physicist.Born in Wooster, Ohio, Compton received his B.S. from the College...while doing research on X rays, Compton discovered what came to be called the Compton effect, for which in 1927 he shared...various experimental conditions. Compton now showed that when X rays collide...creation of ... Read more

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Compton effect
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy Compton effect The change in wavelength and direction of an...with a particle, usually an electron; also known as Compton scattering . Some of the photon's energy is transferred...effect was discovered in 1923 by the American physicist Arthur Holly Compton (1892–1962). See also inverse ... Read more
Compton–Getting effect
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy Compton–Getting effect A small deviation from uniformity in the distribution of cosmic rays across the sky, caused...travel, but the effect is below the sensitivity of current instruments. It is named after the American physicists Arthur Holly Compton (1892–1962) and Ivan Alexander ... Read more
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy Compton Gamma Ray Observatory ( CGRO ) A NASA satellite launched...Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment), Comptel (Imaging Compton Telescope), and EGRET (Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment...satellite was named after the American physicist Arthur Holly Compton (1892–1962). ... Read more