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date: 07 February 2025

Blackett, Patrick Maynard Stuart 

Source:
A Dictionary of Scientists
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 Market House Books Market House Books

(1897–1974) British physicistBlackett, the son of a London stockbroker, attended the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. After serving with the navy in World War I, during which he fought at the Battle of the Falklands and Jutland, he entered Cambridge University, resigned his commission, and decided to become a scientist. He worked in the 1920s with ... ...

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