A Quantum Theory of the Scattering of X-rays by Light Elements in Physical Review 21, May 1923, pp. 483–502
Lancaster: American Physical Society, 1923. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION OF ARTHUR COMPTON’S NOBEL PRIZE WINNING PAPER ON THE ‘COMPTON EFFECT,’ THE SCATTERING OF HIGH-ENERGY PHOTONS BY ELECTRONS. The landmark “discovery of the Compton effect served as the technical catalyst for the acceptance and rapid development of quantum mechanics in the..... More