Jean Baptiste Perrin(1870–1942)
PhysicsJean Baptiste Perrin was a French atomic physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids, verified Albert Einstein's explanation of this phenomenon and thereby confirmed the atomic nature of matter. For this work, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1926.
FranceInserm
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Major Awards
51
Publications
413
Citations
10
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Awards & Recognition
Nobel Prize in Physics
1926for his work on the discontinuous structure of matter, and especially for his discovery of sedimentation equilibrium
Sorbonne UniversityEducation
Lycée Janson-de-Sailly
École Normale Supérieure
University of Paris
Doctoral Advisors
Jules ViolleRené GosseHoria HulubeiYvette Cauchois
Career Timeline
University of Paris?–present
École Normale Supérieure?–present
Positions & Roles
presidentpresident of the French Academy of Sciences
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