1920 in Science - Physics

Physics

  • Megh Nad Saha states his ionization equation.
  • Albert Einstein delivers his Leiden Lecture.
  • Publication of Arthur Eddington's observation of the "bending of light" during the total solar eclipse of May 29, 1919, confirming Einstein's theory of general relativity.
  • Ernest Rutherford predicts the existence of the neutron.
  • James Jeans discovers that the dynamical constants of motion determine the distribution function for a system of particles.
  • Publication of Alan A. Griffith's analysis of the process of brittle fracture.

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