Scientific Papers of Arthur Holly Compton: X-Ray and Other Studies
Language: English
Published by University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London, 1973
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Edited and with Introduction by Robert S. Shankland. Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 1973. First Edition. 10.25 x 7.5". xxix,777pp, Index, Bibliography. Brown cloth. Book in fine condition; dj very good (rubbed, light wear to edges). Frontispiece portrait and 7 illustrations. Arthur Holly Compton greatest discovery was the Compton Effect for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1927. Editor Shankland was a leading authority on acoustics and published many papers on physics and the book, Atomic and Nuclear Physics. ISBN 0226114309; 10.25 x 7.5 inches; 777 pages.
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- Title
- Scientific Papers of Arthur Holly Compton: X-Ray and Other Studies
- Author
- Compton, Arthur Holly, and Robert S. Shankland
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London
- Publication year
- 1973
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0226114309
- ISBN 13
- 9780226114309
- Edition
- First Edition.
During the years when Compton was an active leader in X-ray research, he made many notable contributions which are reflected in the papers presented here. He was the first to prove several important optical properties of X-rays, including scattering, complete polarization, and total reflection. He was also the first, with his student R. L. Doan, to use ruled gratings for the production of X-ray spectra.
Professor Compton's greatest discovery, for which he was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1927, was the Compton Effect. This was the outgrowth of experiments he had initiated during a year at Cambridge in 1919-20. He did the major portion of these experiments at Washington University in St. Louis during the period 1920-24. His work demonstrated that in the scattering of X-rays by electrons, the radiation behaves like corpuscles, and that the interaction between the X-ray corpuscles and the electrons in the scatter is completely described by the principles of the conservation of energy and momentum for the collisions of particles.
In his introduction, Professor Shankland gives a historical account of the papers, narrates Professor Compton's early scientific career, and shows how he arrived at a quantum explanation of the Compton scattering after eliminating all classical explanations.
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