Edward Victor Appleton

Also known as Sir Edward Appleton, Sir Edward Victor Appleton

English physicist (1892–1965)

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Edward Victor Appleton was an English physicist who lived from 1892 to 1965 and made significant contributions to the study of the Earth's atmosphere and radio waves. His work helped advance understanding of how radio signals travel through the upper atmosphere, which was important for the development of radio communication technology.

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Born: 1892
Died: 1965
Works: 18

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Scientific Progress
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Les Prix Nobel en 1947. The Ionosphere.
Thermionic Vacuum Tubes

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Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines
· 1953 · cited 29,705x
Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.
· 2000 · cited 27,652x
Adsorption of Gases in Multimolecular Layers
· 1938 · cited 24,323x
The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior
· 2000 · cited 23,719x
The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Screening Tool For Mild Cognitive Impairment
· 2005 · cited 21,319x

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Commons category: Edward Appleton
date of birth: 1892-09-06
date of death: 1965-04-21
name in native language: Sir Edward Victor Appleton
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Sir Edward Victor Appleton (6 September 1892 – 21 April 1965) was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 for his contributions to the knowledge of the ionosphere, which led to the development of radar and shortwave radio.

A graduate of the University of Cambridge, Appleton was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in 1915. During the First World War, he was an instructor at the Royal Engineers Signals Depot in Fenny Stratford, and served briefly on the Western Front. He brought a captured German thermionic valve back with him. He became the Wheatstone Professor of Physics at King's College London in 1924 and a fellow of the Royal Society in 1927. His primary research interests were how radio waves were created and propagated and unravelling the mystery of how they were reflected by the upper atmosphere.