Jean Perrin
September 30, 1870 –April 17, 1942
Physicist, University teacher, Composer, Chemist, Theoretical physicist
Lived 71 years
- Born in
- Lille
- Passed away in
- New York City
Jean Baptiste Perrin (French: [ʒɑ̃ batist pɛʁɛ̃]; 30 September 1870 – 17 April 1942) was a French physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids (sedimentation equilibrium), verified Albert Einstein's explanation of this phenomenon and thereby confirmed the atomic nature of matter. For this work, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1926.
Notable works: Les Atomes, Œuvres scientifiques de Jean Perrin Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, Matteucci Medal, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès, Commander of the Order of Leopold II, La Caze Prize of the Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Vallauri Prize, Jean Reynaud Prize Education: University of Paris, École Normale Supérieure, Lycée Janson-de-Sailly
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