Mathematician:Arthur Holly Compton

Mathematician
American physicist best known for his discovery of the Compton effect.

Nationality
American

History

 * Born: 10 September 1892 in Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
 * Died: 15 March 1962 in Berkeley, California, U.S.

Theorems and Definitions

 * Compton Effect
 * Compton Generator
 * Compton Scattering
 * Compton Wavelength
 * Reduced Compton Wavelength


 * Compton-Getting Effect (with )

Publications

 * 1926: X-Rays and Electrons: An Outline of Recent X-Ray Theory
 * 1935: The Freedom of Man
 * 1940: The Human Meaning of Science
 * 1949: Man's Destiny in Eternity
 * 1956: Atomic Quest