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William Lawrence Bragg was born on 31 March 1890 in North Adelaide, South Australia as the son of William Henry Bragg, the elder professor of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Adelaide. Early on in his life, Bragg showed an interest in math and science. In 1905 he attended St Peter's College and then at the age of 16, he studied math, chemistry and physics at the University of Adelaide. After graduating from the University of Adelaide in 1908, Brag attended Trinity College, Cambridge in 1909. He received a major scholarship in mathematics even though he took the exam in bed with Pneumonia. Bragg would later transfer from mathematics to physics and graduated with first class honors in 1911. | William Lawrence Bragg was born on 31 March 1890 in North Adelaide, South Australia as the son of William Henry Bragg, the elder professor of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Adelaide. Early on in his life, Bragg showed an interest in math and science. In 1905 he attended St Peter's College and then at the age of 16, he studied math, chemistry and physics at the University of Adelaide. After graduating from the University of Adelaide in 1908, Brag attended Trinity College, Cambridge in 1909. He received a major scholarship in mathematics even though he took the exam in bed with Pneumonia. Bragg would later transfer from mathematics to physics and graduated with first class honors in 1911. | ||
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An article on William Lawrence Bragg's life, accomplishments, and his impact on the modern world.
Biography
William Lawrence Bragg was born on 31 March 1890 in North Adelaide, South Australia as the son of William Henry Bragg, the elder professor of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Adelaide. Early on in his life, Bragg showed an interest in math and science. In 1905 he attended St Peter's College and then at the age of 16, he studied math, chemistry and physics at the University of Adelaide. After graduating from the University of Adelaide in 1908, Brag attended Trinity College, Cambridge in 1909. He received a major scholarship in mathematics even though he took the exam in bed with Pneumonia. Bragg would later transfer from mathematics to physics and graduated with first class honors in 1911.
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William Lawrence Bragg was a physicist and X-ray crystallographer who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1915 for his work on Bragg's Law, his famous law on the diffraction of X-rays by crystals. Bragg's law takes how an X-ray is diffracted through the crystal's lattice structure to determine the positions of the atoms in the crystal. Bragg first discovered this in 1912 in his first year at Cambridge. Additionally during World War I and World War II, Bragg worked with William Sansome Tucker and Harold Roper Robinson and Henry Harold Hemming on developing sound ranging methods to determine the location of enemy weapons. His work with sound ranging earned him the Military cross and the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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