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(Baron Blackett of Chelsea)

(b. Kensington, London, 18 November ; d. London, 13 July ), nuclear physics, cosmic-ray physics, cloud-chamber physics, geomagnetism and geophysics, operational research.

Blackett was one of the most versatile experimental physicists of his generation. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in for his development in the s and s of new methods for using C. T. R. Wilson ’s cloud chamber and for his discoveries which included pair production of electrons and positrons in cosmic radiation. During the s, Blackett undertook magnetic research that provided evidence from paleomagnetism in sedimentary rocks for the much-debated theory of continental drift. Blackett pioneered operational research during the Second World War, and he was an influential voice in government circles from the s to the s on matters of science and technology policy, science education, nuclear armaments, and British technical aid to India.

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Dates

November 18, – July 13,

Authorized Form of Name

Blackett, P. M. S., Baron Blackett (Patrick Maynard Stuart),

Additional Forms of Names

Blackett, P. M. S.,

Blackett, Patrick, Baron Blackett,

Blackett, Patrick M. S.,

Blackett, Patrick Maynard Stuart, Baron Blackett,

סטוארט, בלקט, פטריק מינר,

Abstract

Patrick M. S. Blackett was a particle physicist at Victoria University, Manchester, United Kingdom. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method, and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation."

Important Dates

November 18, Birth, London (England).

– Cadet, Royal Naval College Dartmouth.

Obtained First class honours degree in physics, Cambridge University, Cambridge (England).

– Research student, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge (England).

Fellow, King's College, London (England).

– Visiting Fellow, Universität Göttingen

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Prof. Dr. Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett > Research Profile

by Luisa Bonolis

Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett

Nobel Prize in Physics 

Cloud chamber and transmutation of nitrogen

Patrick Blackett was a remarkably versatile physicist, whose career touched science, warfare and politics. His major scientific achievements were in the fields of nuclear physics, cosmic rays, particle physics, and geomagnetism, but his activity as a scientist always went hand in hand with his strong commitment to the development of a healthy science policy in his country. His influence for the benefit of science was of major importance after the end of World War II, being largely responsible for the greatly increased level of support for pure scientific research. As a member of many committees and scientific councils he always exerted a strong influence as an advisor to the British as well as to the Indian governments, because he was convinced that rich countries had to increase aid and t