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Clinton Davisson

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Clinton Davisson

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Also known as Clinton Joseph Davisson, C. J. Davisson

American physicist (1881-1958)

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Clinton Joseph Davisson was a male person from the United States. He was born on October 22, 1881, and died on February 1, 1958. He is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, and the Nobel Physics collection. He received one Nobel Prize.

His notable work includes "The positive thermions from the salts of the alkaline earths." He is described in the Universal Encyclopedic Dictionary. A quote attributed to him states, "Discoveries in physics are made when the time for making them is ripe, and not before." He is referenced by 372 other encyclopedia articles.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1881
Died
1958
Works
1

Top works

  • The positive thermions from the salts of the alkaline earths

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1881-10-22
Active to
1958-02-01

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

    · 2013 · cited 4,125x

  2. Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems

    · 2015 · cited 3,975x

  3. Rapamycin fed late in life extends lifespan in genetically heterogeneous mice

    · 2009 · cited 3,268x

  4. The 2011 Report on Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D from the Institute of Medicine: What Clinicians Need to Know

    · 2011 · cited 3,155x

  5. Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    · 2012 · cited 2,927x

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Quotes

  • “Discoveries in physics are made when the time for making them is ripe, and not before.”

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1937

    “for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals”

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Described at

დეივისონი კლინტონ ჯოზეფ - უნივერსალური ენციკლოპედიური ლექსიკონი

ლექსიკონები -

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Joseph
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Bloomington
Place of death
Charlottesville
Occupation
university teacher
Employer
University of Virginia
Languages spoken
English language
Doctoral advisor
Owen Willans Richardson
Student of
Owen Willans Richardson
Doctoral student
Lester Germer
Field of work
physics
Image
Clinton Davisson.jpg
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member of
National Academy of Sciences
Commons category
Clinton Davisson
date of birth
1881-10-22
date of death
1958-02-01
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Physics
name in native language
Clinton Joseph Davisson
maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
described at URL
www.nplg.gov.ge/gwdict/index.php?a=term&d=14&t=61351
interested in
physics
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Encyclopedic overview

Clinton Joseph Davisson (October 22, 1881 – February 1, 1958) was an American experimental physicist who shared the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics with George Paget Thomson "for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals."

Biography

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