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Chadwick, Sir James, 1891–1974, English physicist, grad. Manchester Univ., 1908. He worked at Manchester under Ernest Rutherford on radioactivity. He was assistant director of radioactive research in the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge (1923–35), professor at the Univ. of Liverpool (1935–48), and master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (1948–58). For his discovery of the neutron neutron, uncharged elementary particle of slightly greater mass than the proton. It was discovered by James Chadwick in 1932. The stable isotopes of all elements except hydrogen and helium contain a number of neutrons equal to or greater than the number of protons.
..... Click the link for more information. in 1932 he received the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was knighted in 1945.

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No references found			of nuclear physics, Lord Ernest Rutherford, 1918), and for most atoms, the neutron (physicist Sir James Chadwick, 1932). Chemistry - the Central Science by Gabriel Adams / Reference and Education community John Dainton, the Sir James Chadwick Professor of Physics at the university, fears the cuts will force him to shed a quarter of his technical staff and take on 25% fewer PhD and post-doctoral researchers. University staff cuts fear as science budget slashed; Postgraduates ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Sir James Chadwick won the Nobel Prize in 1935 for discovering the neutron while Sir Joseph Rotblat was awarded it in 1995 for his work with a group of scientists determined to get rid of nuclear weapons. Factfile . . by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)			Siphonolaimoidea Siphonophora Siphonophyceae siphonosome Siphonostele Siphonotretacea siphonozooid Siphoviridae siphuncle Siphunculata Sipiagin, Dmitrii Sipiagin, Dmitrii Sergeevich SIPLAN Siple siporex SIPP Sippai Sippar Siprol Sipuncula Sipunculida Sipunculoidea Siqueiros, David Alfaro Siquijor Sir Sir James Chadwick Sir William Henry Bragg Sir William Lawrence Bragg Sirach Siracky, Andrej Sirácky, Andrej Sirah Siraj-ud-daula Sirajganj Siranuish Siras Sirdar SIRDS Sire Sirelius, Uuno Taavi Siren Siren, Johan Sirén, Johan Sirenia sirenian Sirenidae sirens Siret Siretul Sirge, Rudolf Sirhak Pa			Sir Hiram of Maine Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim Sir Howard Walter Florey Sir Hubert Wilkins Sir Hubert Wilkins Sir Humphrey Davy Sir Humphrey Davy Sir Humphrey Gilbert Sir Humphrey Gilbert Sir Humphry Davy Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Pitman Sir Isaak Newton Sir Isaak Newton Sir Isaiah Berlin Sir Issaac Newton Sir Issaac Newton Sir Issac Newton Sir Issac Newton Sir J. F. W. Herschel Sir Jack Hobbs Sir Jacob Epstein Sir Jacob Epstein Sir Jadunath Sarkar Sir James Augustus Henry Murray Sir James Augustus Murray Sir James Barrie Sir James Bond Sir James Chadwick Sir James Clark Ross Sir James Clark Ross Sir James Dewar Sir James Dewar Sir James Dunn Academy Sir James Frazer Sir James Frazer Sir James George Frazer Sir James George Frazer Sir James Jeans Sir James Matthew Barrie Sir James McDonald Pipe Band Sir James Murray Sir James Paget Sir James Paul McCartney Sir James Ross Sir James Ross Sir James Young Simpson Sir John Alexander Macdonald Sir John Ambrose Fleming Sir John Barbirolli Sir John Betjeman Sir John Burgoyne Sir John Carew Eccles Sir John Carew Eccles Sir John Clerk Sir John Cockcroft Sir John Cockcroft Sir John Cowdery Kendrew Sir John Dalton

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