In which year did Arthur Compton win the Nobel Prize in Physics?
1905
1910
1930
1927
Answer
The Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 was awarded to Arthur Compton for his discovery of the "Compton Effect". His groundbreaking finding experimentally demonstrated the particle-like behavior of photons and the simultaneous wave-particle duality of light and matter particles.
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