Birthdate: November 12, 1842
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Langford Grove, Maldon, Essex, England
Died: June 30, 1919
Lord Rayleigh was a prominent British mathematician and physicist known for his significant contributions to various scientific fields. He spent his entire academic career at the University of Cambridge. In 1904, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his groundbreaking work on gas densities and the discovery of argon. Rayleigh’s work also included explanations of phenomena such as Rayleigh scattering, Rayleigh waves in solids, fluid dynamics concepts like the Rayleigh number, and the circulation theory of aerodynamic lift. His research extended to optics, acoustics, classical black-body radiation, and quantum mechanics, leaving a lasting impact on the scientific community.
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