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Victor Franz Hess

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Noun1.Victor Franz Hess - United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964)
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This is where Victor Franz Hess, the Nobel prize-winning physicist, set up an observatory and discovered cosmic rays - protons, helium nuclei and electrons bombarding the Earth - between the two world wars.
Beyond the clouds by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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