1922 in Science - Physics

Physics

  • Arthur Compton studies X-ray photon scattering by electrons.
  • Otto Stern and Walther Gerlach show "space quantization".
  • Hilding Faxén introduces Faxén's law for the velocity of a sphere in fluid dynamics.

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