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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.
- On phenomena occurring in the condensation of molecular streams on surfaces (1928)
- Atomic Energy Research Establishment
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.
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.
John Cockcroft was a British physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics 1951 with Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles. Learn about his life, education, career, achievements and awards from his Nobel Lectures and this biography.
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
22 de set. de 2017 · The University of Cambridge has acquired a family treasure trove of scrapbooks, letters and diaries from the Nobel Prize-winning atomic scientist John Cockcroft, who changed the world with his work on the disintegration of atoms. The new material will complement his scientific papers and show his personal side as a soldier, a leader and a family man.
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 ...
