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“It may well be said that the answer to the question: Of what do the cosmic rays in fact consist before they produce their familiar secondary radiation phenomena in the earth's atmosphere? can only be obtained from numerous measurements in the stratosphere.”

Quote by Victor Francis Hess

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Victor Francis Hess

Victor Francis Hess was a distinguished physicist renowned for his pivotal contributions to the study of cosmic radiation. Born on June 24, 1883, in Cluj, Austria-Hungary (now Romania), Hess conducted extensive research on cosmic rays. His discovery of cosmic rays in 1911, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1936, marked a significant milestone in the field of physics. Hess passed away on December 17, 1964. more

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