Sir Nevill Francis Mott CH FRS (30 September 1905 – 8 August 1996) was a British physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1977 for his work on...
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Ernest Rutherford (1919–1937) William Lawrence Bragg (1938–1953) Nevill Francis Mott (1954–1971) Brian Pippard (1971–1984) Sam Edwards (1984–1995) Richard...
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his PhD from the University of Bristol under the supervision of Nevill Francis Mott, and his DSc from the University of Edinburgh, where he worked as...
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and can no longer conduct a current. It is named after physicist Nevill Francis Mott. In a semiconductor at low temperatures, each 'site' (atom or group...
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after Nevill Francis Mott, who first developed the theory. It is mostly used to measure the spin polarization of an electron beam. In lay terms, Mott scattering...
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in 1927 by Albert Einstein and Max Born and solved in 1929 by Nevill Francis Mott. Mott's solution notably only uses the wave equation, not wavefunction...
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Seebeck coefficient (section Mott formula)
distribution function. These equations are known as the Mott relations, of Sir Nevill Francis Mott. The derivative − d f ( E ) d E = 1 4 k B T sech 2 (...
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Charles Francis Mott (1877–1967) the son of Charles Henry Blackshaw Mott was an English physicist and educator, and the father of Nobel laureate Nevill Francis...
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Sir John Hicks, winner of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Economics; Sir Nevill Francis Mott, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977; and Geoffrey Hinton...
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concept of band gaps had been developed. Walter H. Schottky and Nevill Francis Mott developed models of the potential barrier and of the characteristics...
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of the Royal Society and three Nobel Laureates (Chandrasekhar, Dirac, and Mott) were supervised by Fowler between 1922 and 1939. In addition to Milne, he...
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Williams; Mairead Maguire Milton Friedman 1977 Philip W. Anderson; Nevill Francis Mott; John Hasbrouck Van Vleck Ilya Prigogine Roger Guillemin; Andrew...
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that metals conduct electricity at absolute zero, as suggested by Nevill Francis Mott,: 257 and the equivalent definition at other temperatures is also...
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Exciton (section Wannier–Mott exciton)
01eV. This type of exciton was named for Gregory Wannier and Nevill Francis Mott. Wannier–Mott excitons are typically found in semiconductor crystals with...
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ice hockey player Nevill Francis Mott (1905–1996), British physicist Peter De Mott (1947–2009), American peace activist Richard Mott (politician) (1804–1888)...
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1972) Burton Richter (Physics – 1976) James Meade (Economics – 1977) Nevill Francis Mott (Physics – 1977) Herbert A. Simon (Economics – 1978) Steven Weinberg...
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chemistry of the organometallic, so-called sandwich compounds". Nevill Francis Mott, Nobel Prize in Physics 1977, "for their fundamental theoretical...
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Green (born 1953), British business executive Nevill Lee (1898-1978), English cricketer Nevill Francis Mott (1905-1996), English physicist who won the Nobel...
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ionization energy) of the semiconductor. Named for Walter H. Schottky and Nevill Francis Mott. Segal's law: "A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with...
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Peter D. Mitchell, Chemistry, 1978 James Meade, Economics, 1977 Nevill Francis Mott, Physics, 1977 Amnesty International, Peace, 1977 Mairead Corrigan...
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Sir Martin Ryle (Physics, 1974) Antony Hewish (Physics, 1974) Sir Nevill Francis Mott (Physics, 1977) Philip Warren Anderson (Physics, 1977) Pyotr Kapitsa...
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of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems" Nevill Francis Mott (1905–1996) British John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899–1980) American...
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June 1976) was a German physicist at the University of Göttingen. Nevill Francis Mott described him as the "father of solid state physics". Robert Wichard...
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Jodrell Bank Observatory Henry Moseley, creator of Moseley's law Nevill Francis Mott, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977 Ernest Rutherford, awarded...
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fellow) 1976 Milton Friedman – economist (visiting fellow) 1977 Nevill Francis Mott – theoretical physicist (fellow and master) 1984 Richard Stone –...
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electronic switching and memory devices in computers. Co-researchers Sir Nevill Francis Mott and John van Vleck shared the award with him. In 1982, he was awarded...
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ushering the nuclear age. He spoke on science and faith topics. Nevill Francis Mott (1905–1996): Anglican, was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist known...
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especially his discoveries concerning the energy production in stars. Nevill Francis Mott (awarded Nobel Prize in 1977), for his fundamental theoretical investigations...
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winners: Cecil Frank Powell (1950); Hans Albrecht Bethe (1967); and Sir Nevill Francis Mott (1977). The laboratory stands on the same site today, close to the...
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years, and he retired in November 1958. It was during his mastership that Francis Crick, a PhD student at Gonville and Caius College, and James Watson discovered...
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