Patrick Blackett
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Patrick Blackett was a British physicist who made important contributions to nuclear physics and other scientific fields during the 20th century. His work helped advance our understanding of atomic particles and earned him recognition as one of the significant scientists of his era.
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Giuseppe Occhialini and Blackett (right), 1932 or 1933
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett of Chelsea (18 November 1897 – 13 July 1974), was a British experimental physicist and life peer who received the 1948 Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1925, he was the first person to prove that radioactivity could cause the nuclear transmutation of one chemical element to another. He also made major contributions to the Allied war effort in World War II, advising on military strategy and developing operational research.
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1897 births1974 deaths20th-century British physicistsAcademics of Birkbeck, University of LondonAcademics of Imperial College LondonAcademics of the Victoria University of ManchesterAlumni of King's College, CambridgeAlumni of Magdalene College, CambridgeBritish agnosticsBritish experimental physicistsBritish fellows of the Royal Society