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Was George Paget Thomson a follower of wave-particle duality?

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Yes, George Paget Thomson was a follower of wave-particle duality. In 1927, Thomson and his assistant, Patrick Blackett, conducted an experiment that showed that electrons can behave like waves. This experiment confirmed Theory of wave-particle duality, which states that all matter has both wave-like and particle-like properties.
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