Sir Patrick Blackett

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gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:awardYear 1948
gptkbp:birthDate 1897-11-18
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Patrick_Maynard_Stuart_Blackett
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:children gptkb:Nicholas_Blackett
gptkbp:deathDate 1974-07-13
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
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gptkb:John_Cockcroft
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gptkb:Royal_Naval_College,_Dartmouth
gptkbp:field cosmic ray research
nuclear physics
operational research
physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Patrick Blackett
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gptkbp:knownFor cloud chamber experiments
work on cosmic rays
development of operational research in WWII
discovery of positron-electron pair production and annihilation
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gptkbp:presidentOfPeriod 1965-1970
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Studies_of_Cosmic_Rays_with_the_Wilson_Cloud_Chamber
Military and Political Consequences of Atomic Energy
Atomic Energy and its Military Implications
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Sir
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gptkb:Imperial_College_London
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Manchester
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