Jean Baptiste Perrin
French physicist (1870–1942) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the tutor and educational author, see Jean Baptiste Perrin (fl. 1786). For the Swiss composer, see Jean Perrin (composer). For the IT entrepreneur, see Jean Georges Perrin.
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]
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Jean Baptiste Perrin | |
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Born | (1870-09-30)30 September 1870 |
Died | 17 April 1942(1942-04-17) (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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