Mathematician:Arthur Holly Compton

Mathematician

American physicist best known for his discovery of the Compton effect.

Nationality

American

History

• Born: 10 September 1892 in Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
• Died: 15 March 1962 in Berkeley, California, U.S.

Theorems and Definitions

• Compton Effect
• Compton Generator
• Compton Scattering
• Compton Wavelength
  • Reduced Compton Wavelength

• Compton-Getting Effect (with Ivan Alexander Getting)

Definitions of concepts named for Arthur Holly Compton can be found here.

Publications

• 1926: X-Rays and Electrons: An Outline of Recent X-Ray Theory
• 1935: The Freedom of Man
• 1940: The Human Meaning of Science
• 1949: Man's Destiny in Eternity
• 1956: Atomic Quest