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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Arthur Holly Compton
| image = Arthur Holly Compton 1097.jpg
| alt = Arthur Holly Compton
| birth_date = {{birth date|1892|09|10|mf=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1962|3|15|1892|9|10}}
| fields = [[Physicist]]
| residence = Berkely, CA, United States
| nationality = USA
| known_for = [[Electron]], [[Toroidal Ring]]
}}

Compton won the Nobel Prize for his work in what is now known as the "Compton Effect", but his work on the shape of the electron&nbsp;is less known. His experiments on the electron clearly&nbsp;demonstrated a ring or toroidal shape. His last graduate student [/php2/index.php?tab0=Scientists&amp;tab1=Display&amp;id=811 Dr. Winston Bostick]&nbsp;returned to&nbsp;this work and added much to this investigation.&nbsp; Others, including those at [http://www.commonsensescience.org/ <em>Common Sense Science</em>],&nbsp;have taken this work even further, applying this knowledge to real-world problems.

Urban legend, influenced by the work of Compton's graduate student Robert Shankland,&nbsp;drones on&nbsp;that Compton tried every possible way to explain his famous "Compton Effect" by classical physics, but in the end had to accept the "quantum" solution.&nbsp; A Copenhagen believer, Shankland did his best to rewrite history and discredit Compton's earlier work.&nbsp; However, as evidenced by the work of another of&nbsp;Compton's students, [/php2/index.php?tab0=Scientists&amp;tab1=Display&amp;id=811 Dr. Winston Bostick], and by Compton's own writings, the issues of finite particle size were by no means resolved.&nbsp; As Compton himself believed, Compton's famous formula can be explained without Copenhagen.

'''Articles:'''

# "The Size and Shape of the Electron - American Physical Society address (Dec 1917)", <i>[http://www.washacadsci.org/Journal/journal.htm Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences]</i>, pp. 330 (Jan 1918).
# "The Size and Shape of the Electron: I. The Scattering of High Frequency Radiation", <i>[http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PR/v14/i1/p20_1 Physical Review]</i>, S2, V14, N1, pp. 20-43 (Jul 1919).
# "The Size and Shape of the Electron: II. The Absorption of High Frequency Radiation", <i>[http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PR/v14/i3/p247_1 Physical Review]</i>, S2, V14, N3, pp. 247-259 (Sep 1919).
# "Possible Magnetic Polarity of Free Electrons", <i>[http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14786435.asp Philosophical Magazine]</i>, S6, V41 (Feb 1921).
# "The Magnetic Electron", <i>[http://www.fi.edu/tfi/publications/journal.html Journal of the Franklin Institute]</i>, V192, N2, pp. 145-155 (Aug 1921).
# "What Things Are Made Of," Part I, <em>Scientific American</em>, V140, pp. 110-113 (Feb 1929).

==Abstracts==

* 1919 - "[[The Size and Shape of the Electron: II. The Absorption of High Frequency Radiation]]" ([http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PR/v14/i3/p247_1 Read in full])
* 1919 - "[[The Size and Shape of the Electron: I. The Scattering of High Frequency Radiation]]" ([http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PR/v14/i1/p20_1 Read in full])

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