Today is the birthday of physicist Paul Scherrer-physics know

Today is the birthday of physicist Paul Scherrer, who was born in St. Gallen, Switzerland, in 1890. He enrolled at ETH Zurich intending to study botany but switched to mathematics and physics; in 1916 he earned a PhD from the University of Göttingen in Germany. During his graduate studies Scherrer codiscovered a technique for analyzing the structure of crystals with...

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physics know-This Month in Physics History-Physics and the Boston Molasses Flood-January 15,

All told, the flood killed 21 people (along with several horses) and injured 150 others. Rescue efforts were undertaken by several cadets from the USS Nantucket, which was docked at a local pier, as well as police officers, the Red Cross, and Army and Navy personnel in the area. Survivors were taken to a makeshift hospital, although the rescuers struggled to reach...

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