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“Life in the twentieth century undeniably has ... such richness, joy and adventure as were unknown to our ancestors except in their dreams.”

Quote by Arthur Compton

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American physicist born on September 10, 1892, in Illinois, USA, and died on March 15, 1962. Compton is known for his discovery of the Compton effect, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927, which had a significant impact on the development of quantum mechanics. more

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