George Paget Thomson specialized in what area of physics?
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George Paget Thomson specialized in the area of electron physics. He was the son of the famous physicist J.J. Thomson and is most famous for his work on the diffraction of electrons by crystals. This work led to the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1937. Thomson also made significant contributions to the study of thermionic emission and Theory of metals.
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