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| complete name: |
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh |
| nobel prize: |
physics |
| award year: |
1904 |
| prize share: |
Prize share: 1/1 |
| rational: |
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1904 was awarded to Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt) "for his investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of argon in connection with these studies." |
| biography: |
Biography |
| laureate facts: |
Facts |
| laureate lecture: |
Lecture |
| given name: |
John |
| family name: |
Strutt |
| occupation: |
politician |
| occupation: |
physicist |
| occupation: |
university teacher |
| field of work: |
physics |
| work location: |
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| notable work: |
argon |
| notable work: |
Rayleigh scattering |
| notable work: |
Rayleigh–Bénard convection |
| notable work: |
Rayleigh wave |
| description: |
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh was an English physicist who, with William Ramsay, discovered argon, an achievement for which he earned the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904. He also discovered the phenomenon now called Rayleigh scattering, which can be used to explain why the sky is blue, and predicted the existence of the surface waves now known as Rayleigh waves. Rayleigh's textbook, The Theory of Sound, is still referred to by acoustic engineers today. |
| pronunciation: |
(/ˈreɪli/) |
| image copyright: |
Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. |
| image citation: |
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1904. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1904/summary/> |
| date birth: |
1842 |
| date death: |
1919 |
| usual name: |
John Strutt |
