William LawrenceBragg se narodil v australském Adelaide v rodině fyzika Williama Henryho Bragga. Studoval na univerzitě v rodném městě a po návratu do Anglie v roce 1909 začal studovat fyziku na Trinity College v Cambridgi.
Sir Charles Algernon Parsons (13 June 1854 – 11 February 1931) was an Anglo-Irish [1 ] mechanical engineer and inventor who designed the modern steam turbine in 1884. [2 ] His invention revolutionised marine propulsion, and he was also the…
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft (27 May 1897 – 18 September 1967) was a British nuclear physicist who shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ernest Walton for their splitting of the atomic nucleus, which was instrumental in the development…
1971 (Mcmlxxi) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1971st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 971st year of the 2nd millennium, the 71st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd…
1952 (Mcmlii) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1952nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 952nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year…