Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

Nobel Prize in Physics 1927

University of Cambridge

“for his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour”

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson was a Scottish physicist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 for his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour. He was affiliated with the University of Cambridge when awarded.

Field
Physics · Experimental Physics
Lifespan
1869–1959