George Paget Thomson

GPTKB entity

Statements (88)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Physicist
gptkbp:academic_advisor gptkb:J._J._Thomson
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Faraday_Medal
gptkb:Lavoisier_Medal
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:Hughes_Medal
Gold Medal of the Institute of Physics
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:born May 3, 1892
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:contribution discovery of electron diffraction patterns
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:died September 10, 1975
gptkbp:fellowship Fellow of the Royal Society
gptkbp:field physics
gptkbp:field_of_study gptkb:Quantum_Mechanics
solid state physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label George Paget Thomson
gptkbp:image George_ Paget_ Thomson.jpg
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:David_Bohm
gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:J._J._Thomson
gptkbp:invention electron microscope
gptkbp:known_for wave-particle duality
electron diffraction
gptkbp:member gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkbp:notable_students gptkb:C._N._Yang
gptkbp:research_areas gptkb:quantum_field_theory
gptkb:quantum_theory
gptkb:Quantum_Mechanics
gptkb:quantum_computing
gptkb:Physics
gptkb:string_theory
gptkb:optics
gptkb:statistical_mechanics
mechanics
astrophysics
mathematical physics
fluid dynamics
information theory
material science
thermodynamics
bioinformatics
computational physics
nuclear physics
quantum information theory
network theory
statistical physics
biostatistics
condensed matter physics
electromagnetism
complex systems
acoustics
chaos theory
atomic physics
nonlinear dynamics
relativity
geophysics
experimental physics
plasma physics
quantum optics
quantum thermodynamics
optical physics
biophysics
quantum biology
chemical physics
electron optics
quantum mechanics of atoms
quantum mechanics of complex systems
quantum mechanics of fields
quantum mechanics of gases
quantum mechanics of information.
quantum mechanics of liquids
quantum mechanics of molecules
quantum mechanics of networks
quantum mechanics of particles
quantum mechanics of plasmas
quantum mechanics of solids
quantum mechanics of systems
gptkbp:spouse Mary Thomson
gptkbp:title The Diffraction of Electrons by Crystals
gptkbp:work_location gptkb:Imperial_College_London
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_William_Bragg
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6