Appleton, Sir Edward Victor

Japanese: アップルトン（英語表記）Appleton， Sir Edward Victor

Born: September 6, 1892, Bradford
[Died] April 21, 1965. Edinburgh. British physicist. After graduating from Cambridge University, he served as a member of the Cavendish Laboratory (1920), a professor at the University of London (24), a professor at Cambridge University (36), and vice-chancellor of the University of Edinburgh (49). He is known for his contributions to research on wireless communication, radio wave propagation, and the ionosphere, and is particularly known for discovering the F layer, which plays an important role in reflecting radio waves. His research made it possible to transmit radio waves more reliably over a wider area. During World War II, he was involved in the development research of radar and the atomic bomb. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947.

Appleton
Appleton

A city in eastern Wisconsin, USA. It is located on the banks of the Fox River, an outflow river from Lake Winnebago. Its development was triggered by the establishment of Lawrence University in 1847. The first hydroelectric power plant in the USA was built in 1882. Today, its main industries are paper, lumber, and agricultural equipment manufacturing. Population 65,695 (1990).

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[生]1892.9.6. ブラッドフォード
[没]1965.4.21. エディンバラ
イギリスの物理学者。ケンブリッジ大学卒業後，キャベンディッシュ研究所所員 (1920) ，ロンドン大学教授 (24) ，ケンブリッジ大学教授 (36) ，エディンバラ大学副学長 (49) を歴任。無線通信，電波伝搬，電離層などの研究に業績があり，特に電波の反射に重要な役割を果すF層の発見は有名。彼の研究によってより確実に広範囲の領域に電波を送ることが可能になった。第2次世界大戦中はレーダおよび原子爆弾の開発研究に従事。 1947年ノーベル物理学賞受賞。