Jean Baptiste Perrin
Physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
A physicist and chemist, contributions focused on the determination of Avogadro's number and the discovery of the Brownian motion. Worked extensively on the nature of matter and the kinetic theory of gases. Received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1926 for work on the discontinuous structure of matter. Later became a member of the French Academy of Sciences, influencing the fields of physics and physical chemistry.
Received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1926
Contributed to the understanding of Brownian motion
Determined Avogadro's number
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September 30th, 1978 47 years ago
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September 30th, 1975 50 years ago
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Tennis player with WTA title
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September 30th, 1980 45 years ago
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September 30th, 1975 50 years ago
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September 30th, 1981 44 years ago
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November 4th, 1925 100 years ago
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American soldier and politician
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1923 103 years ago
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1875 151 years ago
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