Robert Millikan Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Robert Millikan, based on 2 World History Database records associated with United States of America.

2 records1923–19262 events1 places

Chronological biography

1923

Nobel Prize1923

Science / Physics · Stockholm

Receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for work on the elementary electric charge and the photoelectric effect.

1926

Discovery of Cosmic Rays1926

Science / Physics

"The pulse of the universe", demonstrates radiation originates beyond the earth

Record provenance

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