Arthur Compton

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Washington_University_in_St._Louis
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Franklin_Medal
gptkb:Lavoisier_Medal
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_American_Institute_of_Physics
Cresson Medal
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:born September 10, 1892
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contribution discovery_of_the_Compton_effect
gptkbp:died March 15, 1962
gptkbp:fellow gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkbp:field physics
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy gptkb:quantum_electrodynamics
cosmology
theoretical physics
optics
astrophysics
high-energy astrophysics
nuclear physics
particle physics
quantum information science
solid-state physics
X-ray astronomy
photonics
experimental physics
nuclear astrophysics
radiation physics
quantum_cosmology
quantum_field_theory
quantum_gravity
quantum_optics
quantum_thermodynamics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Arthur Compton
gptkbp:influence modern physics
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkbp:inventor gptkb:Compton_camera
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkbp:knownFor quantum_mechanics
Compton_effect
gptkbp:legacy Compton_scattering
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:John_Archibald_Wheeler
gptkbp:occupation university professor
gptkbp:researchAreas high-energy physics
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_Compton
gptkbp:work X-ray scattering