Posted on Oct 23, 2022

How a WashU physicist paved the way for quantum mechanics 100 years ago

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

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One hundred years ago, physicist Arthur Holly Compton made his Nobel Prize-winning discovery related to X-rays at Washington University in St. Louis.

At that time, X-rays were largely understood to be a wave-like phenomenon. Compton’s experiments showed that X-rays have duality: They behave like a particle as well.

How a WashU physicist paved the way for quantum mechanics 100 years ago

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SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM

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XRays have become a critical tool in assisting us in overcoming medical issues!

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

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Saved a lot of lives over the years since then.

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

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I used to be a diagnostic x-ray tech

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