"for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method, and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation"
- Lord Patrick M.S. Blackett
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UK
born 1897, died 1974
CA - Imperial College of Science and
Technology, London, England, UK
AA - Cambridge University, Cambridge,
England, UK, Birbeck, University of
London, London, England, UK & University
of Manchester, Manchester, England, UK
WA - Cambridge University, Birbeck,
University of London, University
of Manchester, & Pic du
Midi Observatory, France
Additional Information:
- Nobel e-Museum Prize in Physics 1948
- Cloud Chamber description and photos
- Cambridge University: Lord Blackett's Biography
- World of Science Biography: Blackett
- Royal Society of London Manuscript Directory
- "A Physicist in the Corridors of Power, P.M.S. Blackett's Opposition to Atomic Weapons Following the War"