Cockcroft,Sir John Douglas

Cockcroft,Sir John Douglas
Cock·croft (kŏkʹkrôft', -krŏft'), Sir John Douglas. 1897-1967.
British physicist who with Ernest Walton succeeded in splitting the atom (1931). They shared a 1951 Nobel Prize for their contributions to nuclear physics.

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  • Cockcroft, Sir John Douglas — ▪ British physicist born May 27, 1897, Todmorden, Yorkshire, Eng. died Sept. 18, 1967, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire  British physicist, joint winner, with Ernest T.S. Walton (Walton, Ernest Thomas Sinton) of Ireland, of the 1951 Nobel Prize for… …   Universalium

  • Cockcroft , Sir John Douglas — (1897–1967) British physicist Cockcroft, who was born at Todmorden in northern England, entered Manchester University in 1914 to study mathematics, but left the following year to join the army. After World War I he was apprenticed to the… …   Scientists

  • Cockcroft, sir John Douglas — ► (1897 1967) Físico británico. Fue premio Nobel de Física en 1951, compartido con E. T. S. Walton, por sus trabajos de creación de un acelerador de partículas …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Sir John Douglas Cockcroft — noun British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897 1967) • Syn: ↑Cockcroft, ↑Sir John Cockcroft • Instance Hypernyms: ↑nuclear physicist …   Useful english dictionary

  • John Douglas Cockcroft — John Cockcroft Sir John Douglas Cockcroft (* 27. Mai 1897 in Todmorden, England; † 18. September 1967 in Cambridge) war ein englischer Atomphysiker und Nobelpreisträger. Inhaltsverzeichnis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • John Douglas Cockroft — John Cockcroft Sir John Douglas Cockcroft (* 27. Mai 1897 in Todmorden, England; † 18. September 1967 in Cambridge) war ein englischer Atomphysiker und Nobelpreisträger. Inhaltsverzeichnis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • John Douglas Cockcroft — Sir John Douglas Cockcroft (27 de mayo de 1897 18 de septiembre de 1967) fue un físico británico. Recibió el premio Nobel de Física por ser el primero en desintegrar un núcleo atómico, y fue primordial en el desarrollo de la …   Wikipedia Español

  • John Douglas Cockcroft — John Cockcroft Sir John Douglas Cockcroft. Sir John Douglas Cockroft (né le 27 mai 1897, mort le 18 septembre 1967) est un physicien atomiste anglais et lauréat du prix Nobel de physique. Biographie John Cockcroft est né le 27 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Sir John Cockcroft — noun British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897 1967) • Syn: ↑Cockcroft, ↑Sir John Douglas Cockcroft • Instance Hypernyms: ↑nuclear physicist …   Useful english dictionary

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