Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton (6 October 1903 – 25 Juin 1995) wis an Erse pheesicist an Nobel laureate for his wirk wi John Cockcroft wi atom-smashin experiments duin at Cambridge Varsity in the early 1930s, an sae acame the first person in history tae airtifeecially split the atom.
Ernest Walton | |
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Ernest Walton | |
Born | 6 October 1903 Abbeyside, Dungarvan, Ireland |
Dee'd | 25 Juin 1995 Belfast, Northren Ireland | (aged 91)
Naitionality | Erse |
Kent for | The first disintegration o an atomic nucleus bi airtifeecially acceleratit protons ("splittin the atom") |
Awairds | Hughes Medal (1938) Nobel Prize in Pheesics (1951) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Pheesics |
Institutions | Trinity College Dublin Varsity o Cambridge Methodist College Belfast Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies |
Doctoral advisor | Ernest Rutherford |
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