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Clinton Joseph Davisson

Physics

Clinton Joseph Davisson was an American experimental physicist. Working with Lester Germer, he showed that electrons scattered by a nickel crystal produce a diffraction pattern, demonstrating that electrons behave as waves as well as particles. He shared the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics with George Paget Thomson for this experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals.

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Birth Year
1881 1
Death Date
1958-02-01 1
Death Year
1958 1
Death Place
Charlottesville, United States 1
Nationality
United States 1
Birthplace
Bloomington, United States 1
Field
Field (category)
Physics 1
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1. Clinton Joseph Davisson (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
    +1958-02-01T00:00:00Z
  • P570 (date of death): full date
    +1958-02-01T00:00:00Z
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United States
    Q30
  • P20 (place of death): Charlottesville, United States
    Q123766
  • P19 (place of birth): Bloomington, United States
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  • Works In: Physics, Infobox, fields
    Infobox fields: Physics
  • Member Of: Bell Labs, Infobox, workplaces
    Infobox workplaces: Carnegie Institute of Technology Western Electric Bell Labs
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