Clinton Davisson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Clinton Davisson
Occupation	Physicist
Date Of Birth	Oct 22, 1881(1881-10-22)
Age	143
Date Of Death	1958-02-01
Birthplace	Bloomington
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Libra

Clinton Davisson Biography

Clinton Davisson is one of the most popular and richest Physicist who was born on October 22, 1881 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. American scientist, physicist and Nobel Prize winner. 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on Electron Diffraction.

His research was the first to pioneer the quantum mechanics science as well as His research pioneered the early science of quantum mechanics, and Erwin Schrodinger‘s famous cat paradigm brought into popular consciousness.’s famous cat concept was brought into the public consciousness.

Davisson was born in Bloomington, Illinois, and his father Joseph Davisson was a descendant of the early Dutch and French immigrants from Virginia and was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War.

Clinton Davisson Net Worth

Clinton Davisson is one of the richest Physicist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Clinton Davisson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After finishing his undergraduate studies, in the United States, he worked as a teacher at Princeton and was in addition to working on his doctoral dissertation at Princeton.

In 1919, he began studying electrons and studying the idea that they exist in wave form as well as in particles, which is one the basic theories of quantum mechanics.

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Clinton Ranked on the list of most popular Physicist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Clinton Davisson celebrates birthday on October 22 of every year.

What is the experiment of Clinton Davisson?

The Davisson–Germer experiment was a 1923-27 experiment by Clinton Davisson and Lester Germer at Western Electric (later Bell Labs), in which electrons, scattered by the surface of a crystal of nickel metal, displayed a diffraction pattern.

What did Clinton Davisson and Lester Germer utilize during the conduct of

the experiment?

Davisson and Germer designed and built a vacuum apparatus for the purpose of measuring the energies of electrons scattered from a metal surface. Electrons from a heated filament were accelerated by a voltage and allowed to strike the surface of nickel metal.

What is the role of Clinton J Davisson?

Clinton Davisson discovered electron diffraction , for which he was awarded the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics. His discovery confirmed the de Broglie hypothesis that particles can behave as waves.

What are the ideas presented by Clinton Davidson and Lester Germer?

Then, in 1927, Davisson and Lester H. Germer found that a beam of electrons, when reflected from a metallic crystal, shows diffraction patterns similar to those of X rays and other electromagnetic waves.

Who discovered electron diffraction?

Electron diffraction, in fact, was observed (1927) by C.J. Davisson and L.H. Germer in New York and by G.P. Thomson in Aberdeen, Scot.