John William Strutt (Author of Scientific Papers, 1869-1881, Vol. 1)

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John William Strutt

Born

in Langford Grove, Maldon, Essex, England, The United Kingdom

November 12, 1842

Died

June 30, 1919

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John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, OM, PRS (/ËˆreÉªli/; 12 November 1842 â€� 30 June 1919) was an English physicist who, with William Ramsay, discovered argon, an achievement for which he earned the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904. He also discovered the phenomenon now called Rayleigh scattering, explaining why the sky is blue, and predicted the existence of the surface waves now known as Rayleigh waves. Rayleigh's textbook, The Theory of Sound, is still referred to by acoustic engineers today. ...more

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	Scientific Papers, 1869-1881, Vol. 1 liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“One's instinct is at first to try and get rid of a discrepancy, but I believe that experience shows such an endeavour to be a mistake. What one ought to do is to magnify a small discrepancy with a view to finding out the explanation.”
― John William Strutt

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“Some proofs command assent. Others woo and charm the intellect. They evoke delight and an overpowering desire to say, "Amen, Amen".”
― John William Strutt Baron Rayleigh

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