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Sir John Douglas Cockcroft OM KCB CBE FRS (27 May 1897 – 18 September 1967) was a British physicist who shared with Ernest Walton the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951 for splitting the atomic nucleus, and was instrumental in the development of nuclear power.
John Douglas Cockcroft (Todmorden, 27 de maio de 1897 — Cambridge, 18 de setembro de 1967) foi um físico britânico. Recebeu em 1951 o Nobel de Física , por trabalhos pioneiros sobre transmutação de núcleos atômicos através de partícula aceleradas artificialmente.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1951 was awarded jointly to Sir John Douglas Cockcroft and Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles"
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1951. Born: 27 May 1897, Todmorden, United Kingdom. Died: 18 September 1967, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Berkshire, United Kingdom.
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft was a British physicist, joint winner, with Ernest T.S. Walton of Ireland, of the 1951 Nobel Prize for Physics for pioneering the use of particle accelerators in studying the atomic nucleus.
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft foi um físico britânico que dividiu o Nobel de Física de 1951 com o físico irlandês Ernest T.S. Walton pelo pioneirismo no uso de aceleradores de partículas no estudo e transmutação de núcleos atômicos através de partículas aceleradas artificialmente.
Sir John Cockcroft – the man behind the science. The life and legacy of Sir John Cockcroft, the great physicist who was famously involved in the so-called “splitting” of the atom, will be celebrated in a seminar at St John’s College, Cambridge next month. Organised by his son, Christopher, and featuring speakers including eminent ...
