William Crookes

Also known as Sir William Crookes

British chemist and physicist (1832-1919)

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William Crookes was a British chemist and physicist who lived from 1832 to 1919 and made important contributions to science during the Victorian era. His work helped advance our understanding of chemistry and physics, though the specific details of his major discoveries and their significance are not provided here.

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Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 2008
Active to: 2017-07-12

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Discography

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5 total works indexed

VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,508x
Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,873x
Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,978x
QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,722x
Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,525x

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Quotes

“Which was first, Matter or Force? If we think on this question, we shall find that we are unable to conceive of matter without force, or force without matter. When God created the elements of which the earth is composed, He created certain wondrous forces, which are set free and become evident when matter acts on matter.”
“An omnipotent being could rule the course of this world in such a way that none of us should discover the hidden springs of action. He need not make the sun stand still upon Gibeon. He could do all that he wanted by the expenditure of infinitesimal diverting force upon ultra-microscopic modifications of the human germ.”
“All the phenomena of the universe are presumably in some way continuous, and it is unscientific to call in the aid of mysterious agencies when, with every fresh advance in knowledge, it is shown that ether vibrations have powers and attributes abundantly equal to any demand — even to the transmission of thought.”

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Commons category: William Crookes
date of birth: 1832-06-17
date of death: 1919-04-04
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floruit: 1853-01-01
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Sir William Crookes (/krʊks/; 17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) was an English chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry, now part of Imperial College London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube, which was made in 1875. Observing cathode rays generated in these tubes, Crookes posited that "radiant matter" was a unique fourth state of matter, a foundational contribution to plasma physics.

He is credited with discovering the element thallium, announced in 1861, with the help of spectroscopy. He was also the first to describe the spectrum of terrestrial helium, in 1865. Crookes was the inventor of the Crookes radiometer, but did not discern the true explanation of the phenomenon he detected.