Victor Francis Hess
Victor Francis Hess
Victor Franz Hesswas an Austrian-American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics, who discovered cosmic rays...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhysicist
Date of Birth24 June 1883
CountryUnited States of America
rays investigation interest
The investigation into the possible effects of cosmic rays on living organisms will also offer great interest.
atmosphere answers earth
It may well be said that the answer to the question: Of what do the cosmic rays in fact consist before they produce their familiar secondary radiation phenomena in the earth's atmosphere? can only be obtained from numerous measurements in the stratosphere.
rays riddle cosmic
On what can we now place our hopes of solving the many riddles which still exist as to the origin and composition of cosmic rays?
years might fields
From a consideration of the immense volume of newly discovered facts in the field of physics, especially atomic physics, in recent years it might well appear to the layman that the main problems were already solved and that only more detailed work was necessary.
order effort progress
In order to make further progress, particularly in the field of cosmic rays, it will be necessary to apply all our resources and apparatus simultaneously and side-by-side; an effort which has not yet been made, or at least, only to a limited extent.
simultaneous wilson counting
Simultaneous recording with superimposed ionization chambers and Wilson chambers, ionization chambers and sets of counting tubes, has not yet been carried out.