Clinton Davisson
Appearance
Clinton Joseph Davisson | |
---|---|
![]() Davisson | |
Born | 22 October 1881 Bloomington, Illinois, USA |
Dee'd | 1 Februar 1958 Charlottesville, Virginie, USA | (aged 76)
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 |
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.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Comstock Prize in Physics". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 Februar 2011.