C.T.R. Wilson(1869–1959)

Physics

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson was a British meteorologist and physicist who shared the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics with Arthur Compton for his invention of the cloud chamber.

United Kingdom
1
Major Awards
35
Publications
2,929
Citations
18
h-index
25
i10-index
83.7
Avg Citations/Paper

Awards & Recognition

Nobel Prize in Physics

for his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour

University of Cambridge
1927

Education

University of Cambridge
University of Manchester
Sidney Sussex College

Doctoral Advisors

Career Timeline

Cavendish Laboratory?–present
University of Cambridge?–present

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