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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.
Arthur H. Compton Biographical. Arthur Holly Compton was born at Wooster, Ohio, on September 10th, 1892, the son of Elias Compton, Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the College of Wooster.
Sep 6, 2024 · Arthur Holly Compton, American physicist and joint winner, with C.T.R. Wilson, of the 1927 Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery and explanation of the change in the wavelength of X-rays when they collide with electrons in metals.
Arthur Compton - Biography, Facts and Pictures. Lived 1892 – 1962. 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.
When Arthur Compton directed X-ray photons onto a metal surface in 1922, electrons were emancipated and the X-rays’ wavelength increased because some of the incident photon energy was transferred to the electrons.
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 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.
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"
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May 29, 2018 · Compton, Arthur Holly (1892–1962) US physicist. He discovered that wavelengths of X-rays increase when the rays collide with electrons (the ‘Compton effect’). This helped prove that X-rays could act as particles. He shared the 1927 Nobel Prize in physics with C. T. R. Wilson.
When Arthur Compton graduated from college he considered taking up a religious career. But his father advised him that he ought to go into science: "Your work in this field may become a more valuable Christian service than if you were to enter the ministry or become a missionary."
