SIR GEORGE PAGET THOMSON

1937 Nobel Laureate in Physics

for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals.

1892-1975
Residence: Great Britain
Affiliation: London University

• Prize co-recipient: Clinton Joseph Davisson
• His father and fellow Nobel laureate, Sir Joseph John Thomson

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• Quotes from past Green Lectures -- includes a quote by Thomson (submitted by George)
• wave-particle duality
• George Paget Thomson – Biography (submitted by Chinnappan Baskar)
• J. J. Thomson – Biography (1906 Nobel laureate and the father of George Paget Thomson) (submitted by Chinnappan Baskar)
• About Sir George Paget Thomson (submitted by Jennifer Shuber)
• Papers of Sir George Paget Thomson (submitted by Davis)
• Thomson, Sir George Paget on Encyclopedia.com (submitted by Jackson)
• Introduction of Thomson, Sir George Paget (submitted by Melisa)
• Sir George P. Thomson Biography from Encyclopedia Britannica (submitted by www.britannica.com)
• Sir George P. Thomson-Biography (submitted by Nill)

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