- Sir John Cockcroft
- nounBritish physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)• Syn: ↑Cockcroft, ↑Sir John Douglas Cockcroft• Instance Hypernyms: ↑nuclear physicist
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John Cockcroft — Infobox Scientist name = John Cockcroft box width = 300px image width = 200px caption = Sir John Douglas Cockcroft birth date = birth date|1897|05|27 birth place = Todmorden, England death date = death date and age|1967|09|18|1897|05|27 death… … Wikipedia
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft — noun British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897 1967) • Syn: ↑Cockcroft, ↑Sir John Cockcroft • Instance Hypernyms: ↑nuclear physicist … Useful english dictionary
John Cockcroft — Sir John Douglas Cockcroft (* 27. Mai 1897 in Todmorden, England; † 18. September 1967 in Cambridge) war ein englischer Atomphysiker und Nobelpreisträger. I … Deutsch Wikipedia
John Cockcroft — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Cockcroft. Sir John Douglas Cockcroft. Sir John Douglas Cockroft (27 mai 1897 … Wikipédia en Français
Cockcroft,Sir John Douglas — Cock·croft (kŏkʹkrôft , krŏft ), Sir John Douglas. 1897 1967. British physicist who with Ernest Walton succeeded in splitting the atom (1931). They shared a 1951 Nobel Prize for their contributions to nuclear physics. * * * … Universalium
Cockcroft, Sir John Douglas — ▪ British physicist born May 27, 1897, Todmorden, Yorkshire, Eng. died Sept. 18, 1967, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire British physicist, joint winner, with Ernest T.S. Walton (Walton, Ernest Thomas Sinton) of Ireland, of the 1951 Nobel Prize for… … Universalium
Cockcroft , Sir John Douglas — (1897–1967) British physicist Cockcroft, who was born at Todmorden in northern England, entered Manchester University in 1914 to study mathematics, but left the following year to join the army. After World War I he was apprenticed to the… … Scientists
Cockcroft, Sir John — 1897–1967 Cockcroft was a British nuclear physicist who played an important part in directing the use of radar against aerial attack. He had become famous in 1932 when he had collaborated with Ernest Walton to produce an atom smasher. In 1939… … Who’s Who in World War Two
Cockcroft — noun British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897 1967) • Syn: ↑Sir John Cockcroft, ↑Sir John Douglas Cockcroft • Instance Hypernyms: ↑nuclear physicist … Useful english dictionary
Cockcroft Institute — Coordinates: 53°20′41″N 02°38′16″W / 53.34472°N 2.63778°W / 53.34472; 2.63778 … Wikipedia
