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- Blackett was one of the most versatile experimental physicists of his generation. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1948 for his development in the 1920s and 1930s of new methods for using C. T. R. Wilson ’s cloud chamber and for his discoveries which included pair production of electrons and positrons in cosmic radiation.
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Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett, OM, CH, FRS [5] (18 November 1897 – 13 July 1974), was a British experimental physicist known for his work on cloud chambers, cosmic rays, and paleomagnetism, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1948. [6]
Professor Blackett was appointed Head of the Physics Department of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, in 1953 and retired in July, 1963. He is continuing at the Imperial College as Professor of Physics and Pro-Rector.
Patrick Blackett (born November 18, 1897, London, England—died July 13, 1974, London) was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1948 for his discoveries in the field of cosmic rays, which he accomplished primarily with cloud-chamber photographs that revealed the way in which a stable atomic nucleus can be disintegrated by bombarding it ...
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Brief Biography. Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett was a critical figure in the early development of operations research during World War II. Born in London, Blackett attended a military preparatory school, and served in the Royal Navy during World War I.
May 11, 2018 · Blackett, Patrick Maynard Stuart (1897–1974) A British physicist at Imperial College, London, Blackett worked on magnetometers during the Second World War, and subsequently developed an instrument capable of detecting very small magnetic fields. This led him to the serious study of palaeomagnetism.
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1948. Born: 18 November 1897, London, United Kingdom. Died: 13 July 1974, London, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: Victoria University, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett (1897–1974) was born in Kensington, London, on November 18, and became a Nobel Prize –winning physicist who at once promoted scientific research to defeat Nazism and criticized the World War II Allied bombing of cities.
