Word: de
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Brockton; Herbert W. Crispin '38, Somerville; Samuel R. D'Amico '39, Somerville; Albert Damon '38, Brookline; Jacob B. Dana '38, Brighton; Jacob B. Dana '40, Brighton; Richard T. Davis '38, Medford; Francis J. Davy, Cambridge; Hamilton Q. Dearborn '39, Springfield; Leonidas H. Demeter '39, Boston; Jose K. P. de Varon '38, Jamaica Plain; David Dove, South Sudbury; James C. Eaton '39, West Newton; Lawrence F. Ebb '39, Dorchester; Stanley M. Epstein '39, New Bedford; James Etmekjian '39, Brighton; George E. Filion '38, Salem; Pasquale F. Frisoli '40, Cambridge; Gerard G. C. Galassi '39, Cambridge; Arnold S. Gale '40, Brookline; Anthony...
...relativity illuminating the atomic field, it became apparent that the picture of the electron as a simple particle of negative electricity-that is, of matter-was not enough. Chicago's Compton (another Nobelman) showed that waves of high-frequency light could behave like particles. In 1924, Prince Louis de Broglie of France enunciated a theory that electrons could manifest themselves as waves...
...Manhattan, Davisson and his colleagues decided to find experimental proof of the de Broglie theory. If a beam of electrons could act like a beam of light, it should show a pattern of concentric rings when diffracted through a crystal. But the low-powered electrons (100 volts) which Davisson was using would not go through a crystal. He knew, however, that a beam reflected from the topmost atoms of the crystal structure would make a pattern similar to that made by a beam passing through. So he decided to explore the recoil pattern of electrons bouncing off the crystal surface...
This technique has become of great practical importance for investigating crystal structures. Meanwhile, with the impetus provided by this experimental confirmation, the wave theory was developed by de Broglie. Heisenberg, Schroedinger and Dirac into the monumental theoretical structure which is modern quantum Mechanics. All these theorists are Nobel Prizewinners...
...aging matinee idol whose charms are fatal to impressionable clubwomen, gushing schoolgirls. To his leading lady (Bette Davis, happily restored to comedy) he is a lovable fraud, fond of voicing his feelings in the ringing phrases of Shakespeare and the once-aboard-the-lugger playwrights. To star-struck Olivia de Havilland he is unutterably wonderful. When Olivia's infatuation blinds her to the worth of her suitor (Patric Knowles), Idol Howard decently decides to disillusion her. The plan for such a procedure, his dresser (Eric Blore) agrees, is neatly outlined in one of his early triumphs. The Loving Triangle...