Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
See also: Wilson
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869 with Glencorse, Scotland - 1959 with Carlops, Scotland) was a British Physicien .
Raise Thomson with Cambridge, it is named professor of natural philosophy in this university in 1925. As from 1895, he begins research on the cores of condensation, the ions, atmospheric electricity, the storms, the x-rays and gamma as well as the cosmic rays. He is especially known for the invention, in 1912, of the Cloud chamber, for which he accepted the Nobel Prize of physics in 1927. He was also prize winner of the Médaille Hughes in 1911, as well as Franklin Médaille in 1929 for his work of pioneer in the field of atomic physics. He accepted the Médaille Copley in 1935.
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