Jean-Baptiste Perrin

Jean Baptiste Perrin was a French physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids, verified Albert Einstein's explanation of this phenomenon and thereby confirmed the atomic nature of matter. For this work, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1926.

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Who was born first?

• Jean-Baptiste Perrin and Jules Bordet were born the same year
• Jean-Baptiste Perrin and Édouard Le Roy were born the same year
• Jean-Baptiste Perrin and Helge von Koch were born the same year
• Jean-Baptiste Perrin and DeLisle Stewart were born the same year
• Jean-Baptiste Perrin and Louis Bachelier were born the same year

Timeline

1. DeLisle StewartMarch 16, 1870 – February 8, 1941
2. Édouard Le RoyJune 18, 1870 – November 9, 1954
3. Helge von KochJanuary 25, 1870 – March 11, 1924
4. Jean-Baptiste Perrin (this page)September 30, 1870 – April 17, 1942
5. Jules BordetJune 13, 1870 – April 6, 1961
6. Louis BachelierMarch 11, 1870 – April 26, 1946

Related

• Albert EinsteinMarch 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955
• Isaac NewtonDecember 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727
• Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAugust 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
• Galileo GalileiFebruary 15, 1564 – January 8, 1642
• Immanuel KantApril 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804
• René DescartesMarch 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650
• Thomas EdisonFebruary 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931
• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934