William Lawrence Bragg
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William Lawrence Bragg was an Australian-born British physicist who pioneered the use of X-rays to study the structure of crystals. His work laid the foundation for understanding how atoms are arranged in solid materials, which has been crucial for developing new materials and medicines.
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- 1890-03-31
- Died
- 1971-07-01
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· 1996 · cited 61,303x
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- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,900x
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Portrait of William Lawrence Bragg, 1930
Sir William Lawrence Bragg (31 March 1890 – 1 July 1971) was an Australian-born British X-ray crystallographer who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his father William Henry Bragg – the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays," an important step in the development of X-ray crystallography.
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1890 births1971 deaths20th-century Australian physicists20th-century British physicistsAcademics of the Victoria University of ManchesterAlumni of Trinity College, CambridgeAustralian fellows of the Royal SocietyAustralian Knights BachelorAustralian Members of the Order of the Companions of HonourAustralian Nobel laureatesAustralian Officers of the Order of the British Empire