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FROM THE HISTORY OF PHYSICS
Who discovered cosmic rays, and when?
A. S. Lidvansky Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Abstract:
A brief essay on the history of the discovery of cosmic rays. Emphasis is on the strange circumstances as to why D V Skobeltsyn — who was the first to observe cosmic ray tracks — was not even mentioned in speeches by the winner (V Hess) of and nominator (A Compton) for the Nobel Prize awarded for the discovery of cosmic rays, although he was named first in a speech by C Anderson, who received the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the positron.
Received: March 6, 2024 Accepted: August 2, 2024
Citation:
A. S. Lidvansky, “Who discovered cosmic rays, and when?”, UFN, 194:9 (2024), 999–1006; Phys. Usp., 67:9 (2024), 943–949
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https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/ufn15852 https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/ufn/v194/i9/p999
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