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    J.J. Thompson won the Nobel Prize for demonstrating the particle nature of the electron. What did his son win the prize for?

    Question #42892. Asked by peasypod. (Jan 01 04 6:37 AM)


    MaggieG 5

    		Sir George Thompson won the prize for physics in 1937 for work on the interference phenomenon in crystals irradiated by electrons.
    http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/whelect.html

    Jan 01 04, 8:19 AM
    peasypod

    		Well done Maggie. What is interesting is that this work demonstrated the wave nature (as opposed to particle nature) of the electron. I think this is brilliant one-upmanship on the old man!

    Jan 02 04, 6:45 AM

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