Where was Edward Appleton born?
Bradford
London
Cambridge
Manchester
Answer
Edward Appleton was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, on September 6, 1892. He was a British physicist and Nobel laureate who made significant contributions to the field of radio physics and the study of the upper atmosphere. Appleton's most notable achievement was the discovery of the Appleton layer, a region of the Earth's ionosphere that reflects radio waves, enabling long-distance radio communication.
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