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Jean Perrin

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Jean Perrin

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Also known as Jean-Baptiste Perrin

French physicist (1870–1942)

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Jean Perrin was a French physicist who lived from 1870 to 1942 and made important contributions to understanding the nature of matter and atoms. His work provided experimental evidence for the existence of atoms and molecules, helping to establish atomic theory as a fundamental part of modern physics.

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Born
1870
Died
1942
Works
34

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1926

    for his work on the discontinuous structure of matter, and especially for his discovery of sedimentation equilibrium

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Encyclopedic overview

Jean Baptiste Perrin ( French: [ʒɑ̃ batist pɛʁɛ̃]; 30 September 1870 – 17 April 1942) was a French physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids (sedimentation equilibrium), verified Albert Einstein's explanation of this phenomenon and thereby confirmed the atomic nature of matter. For this work, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1926.

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