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05 Dec 1973
Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt |
death Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt Died 5 Dec 1973 at age 81 (born 13 Apr 1892). Scottish physicist who is credited with the development of radar location of aircraft, in England. He studied at St Andrews University, taught at Dundee University, and in 1917 worked in the Meteorological Office, designing devices to locate thunderstorms, and investigating the ionosphere (a term he invented in 1926). He became head of the radio section of the National Physical Laboratory (1935), where he began work on locating aircraft. His work led to the development of radar (RAdio Detection And Ranging) which played a vital role in the defence of Britain against German air raids in 1940. He was knighted in 1942. |
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05 Dec 1973
Luboš Motl |
birth Luboš Motl Luboš Motl, Czech theoretical physicist |
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