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A black and white portrait of Arthur Compton, seen in profile. He has a fine mustache, and his hair is slicked back. Honestly, he looks more like an early Hollywood star than a prominent physicist.

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  1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 15:48:58 UTC Robert McNees Robert McNees
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    Many physicists remained skeptical. But Arthur Compton’s 1923 explanation of X-rays scattering off electrons was near-incontrovertible evidence that quanta were real.

    In conversation about a year ago from mastodon.social permalink
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