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Discovery of Cosmic Rays

United States of America · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1926–1936Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1926

Robert Millikan1926

Science / Physics

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

1936

Victor Francis Hess1936

Science / Physics

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics for the discovery of cosmic rays

Names involved

Robert MillikanVictor Francis Hess

Provenance

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