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How a St. Louis physicist paved the way for quantum mechanics 100 years ago

How a St. Louis physicist paved the way for quantum mechanics 100 years ago

St. Louis on the Air · St. Louis Public Radio

October 21, 202210m 25s

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One hundred years ago, physicist Arthur Holly Compton made his Nobel prize-winning discovery related to X-rays at Washington University in St. Louis. Erik Henriksen, an associate professor of physics at Washington University, shares how Compton’s discovery paved the way for quantum mechanics and modern day astrophysics.