Ernest Walton's Nobel Prize was awarded in what year?
1951
1963
1974
1951
Answer
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Ernest Walton in 1951 for his work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei using artificially accelerated atomic particles. Walton, along with John Cockcroft, successfully split the atom by bombarding lithium with high-energy protons. This breakthrough marked the beginning of particle accelerators and laid the groundwork for subsequent advancements in nuclear physics and particle physics.
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