Jean Becquerel

Jean Becquerel
Born(1878-02-05)5 February 1878
Paris
Died4 July 1953(1953-07-04) (aged 75)
EducationLycée Louis-le-Grand; École Polytechnique, École des Ponts et Chaussées
Known forVery low temperature
Parent
RelativesEdmond Becquerel (grandfather), Antoine César Becquerel (great-grandfather)
AwardsHughes Prize (1913), La Case Prize (1936)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics

Jean Antoine Edmond Marie Becquerel (5 February 1878 – 4 July 1953) was a French physicist, the son of Antoine-Henri Becquerel. He worked on a range of experimental physics topics including magnetic effects on the optical properties of materials, and the effects of low-temperature on magnetic susceptibility. He was among the early teachers of relativity and quantum physics in France.


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