The Nobel Prize in Physics 1937
Awarded on: 1937-11-11
"for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals"
Affiliations:
- London University – London, United Kingdom
George Paget Thomson
Born: 1892-05-03 in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Gender: male
Field: British experimental physicist (1892–1975)
Biography
Sir George Paget Thomson was a British experimental physicist who shared the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics with Clinton Davisson "for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals."