Jean Baptiste Perrin | |
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 Perrin in 1926 | |
| Born | 30 September 1870 |
| Died | 17 April 1942 (aged 71) New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure University of Paris |
| Known for | Nature of cathode rays Brownian motion Avogadro constant Sedimentation equilibrium Perrin friction factors |
| Children | Francis Perrin |
| Awards | Matteucci Medal (1911) Fellow of the Royal Society (1918) Nobel Prize in Physics (1926) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | École Normale Supérieure University of Paris |
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Jean Baptiste Perrin ForMemRS[1] (30 September 1870 – 17 April 1942) was a French physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids (sedimentation equilibrium), verified Albert Einstein's explanation of this phenomenon and thereby confirmed the atomic nature of matter. For this achievement he was honoured with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1926.[2]
- ^ Townsend, J. S. (1943). "Jean Baptiste Perrin. 1870-1942". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 4 (12): 301–326. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1943.0004. S2CID 123521634.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1926". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2022.