Edward Victor Appleton
Videos
Sir Edward Victor Appleton was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 for his contributions to the knowledge of the ionosphere, which led to the development of radar and s
Appleton in 1947
Bushy House in Teddington
Abden House, Edinburgh
Appleton's grave in Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh
Tube Alloys
Videos
Tube Alloys was a nuclear weapons research and development programme authorised by the United Kingdom, in August 1941, with the participation of Canada, during the Second World War. Starting before th
Lord Cherwell, scientific advisor to the prime minister, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, and Winston Churchill in June 1941.
William Penney, Otto Frisch, Rudolf Peierls and John Cockcroft each received the Medal of Freedom in May 1947.
University of Birmingham, blue plaque commemorating the authors of the Frisch–Peierls memorandum at the Poynting Physics Building.
Poynting (physics) Building at the University of Birmingham.