Victor F. Hess
Also known as Victor Franz Hess, Victor Hess
österrikisk-amerikansk fysiker
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Victor Francis Hess was an Austrian physicist who won the Nobel Prize for discovering cosmic rays, high-energy particles that constantly bombard Earth from outer space. His discovery was important because it opened up a new field of physics and revealed that radiation reaches us from beyond our planet, fundamentally changing our understanding of the universe.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1883
- Died
- 1964
- Works
- 2
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- Die elektrische leitfähigkeit der atmosphäre und ihre ursachen
- The electrical conductivity of the atmosphere and its causes
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1899-01-07
- Active to
- 1963-01-30
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Victor Franz Hess, född i Steiermark i Österrike den 24 juni 1883, död i Mount Vernon i USA den 17 december 1964, var en österrikisk-amerikansk fysiker, som tilldelades Nobelpriset i fysik 1936 för sin upptäckt av kosmisk strålning.
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1883 births1964 deaths20th-century American physicists20th-century Austrian physicistsAcademic staff of the University of GrazAcademic staff of the University of InnsbruckAmerican Nobel laureatesAustrian emigrants to the United StatesAustrian Nobel laureatesAustrian Roman CatholicsCosmic ray physicistsEmigrants from Austria after the Anschluss