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APPLETON, SIR EDWARD V. (1892 1965)
Atmosfer katmanlarında yüklü partiküller bulunduğunu açıklayan İngiliz Fizikçi.
Buluşunu 1923'te açıkladı. 65 mil yükseklikte iyonlu radyo sinyalleri aldığını kanıtladı. Buluşu, radyo yayınları ve radarın geliştirilmesinde büyük rol oynadı.

Born September 6, 1892(1892-09-06)
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Died April 21, 1965 (aged 72)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality English FieldsP hysics
InstitutionsC ambridge University
King's College London Edinburgh University
Alma mater Cambridge University
Doctoral advisorJ. J. Thomson
Ernest Rutherford
Notable studentsJ. A. Ratcliffe
Known forIonospheric Physics Appleton layer
Notable awardsNobel Prize in Physics 1947

Appleton was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire and educated at Hanson Grammar School. At the age of 18 he won a scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge. He graduated with a first class degree in Natural Sciences.

During the First World War he joined the West Riding Regiment, and later transferred to the Royal Engineers.
After returning from active service in World War i, Appleton became assistant demonstrator in experimental physics at the Cavendish Laboratory in 1920. He was professor of physics at King's College London (1924–36) and professor of natural philosophy at Cambridge University (1936–39). From 1939 to 1949 he was secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Knighted in 1941, he received the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the knowledge of the ionosphere, which led to the development of radar.

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