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Arthur Compton

physicist, university teacher, theoretical physicist, nuclear physicist

1892 – 1962

Arthur Holly Compton was an American physicist who shared the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics with C. T. R. Wilson for his discovery of the Compton effect, which demonstrated the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation. It was a sensational discovery at the time; the wave nature of light had been well-demonstrated, but the idea that light had both wave and particle properties was not easily accepted.

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My first feeling about the paper and the attitude is that it is absurd.

Arthur Compton

It is not difficult for me to have this faith, for it is incontrovertible that where there is a plan there is intelligence - an orderly, unfolding universe testifies to the truth of the most majestic statement ever uttered - 'In the beginning, God.'

Arthur Compton

Every great discovery I ever made, I gambled that the truth was there, and then I acted in faith until I could prove its existence.

Arthur Compton