Harry Stuart Wilson Massey ( eng. Sir Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey ; May 16, 1908 , Melbourne - November 27, 1983 ) is an English physicist of Australian origin. Member of the Royal Society of London (1940) and a foreign member of the American Philosophical Society (1975).
| Harry Stuart Wilson Massey | |
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| sir harrie stewart wilson massey | |
| Date of Birth | May 16, 1908 |
| Place of Birth | Melbourne |
| Date of death | November 27, 1983 (75 years) |
| Place of death | |
| A country |  Great Britain |
| Scientific field | physicist |
| Place of work |
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| Alma mater | Melbourne University |
| supervisor | Ralph Fowler |
| Awards and prizes | member of the Royal Society of London Royal Medal ( 1958 ) Hughes Medal ( 1955 ) [d] ( 1959 ) |
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Biography
Massey was born in Melbourne . In 1929 he graduated from the University of Melbourne , receiving a Master of Science degree , and continued his studies at Trinity College, University of Cambridge . In 1932 he defended his doctoral thesis under the direction of Ralph Fowler . The text of the dissertation was the basis of a well-known monograph (joint with Neville Mott ) on atomic collisions, the first edition of which was published a year later. In 1933-1938, he lectured at Queen's University Belfast , and from 1939 he was a professor at University College London . During World War II, he collaborated with the Admiralty Mine Office. Since 1950, he served as dean of the Faculty of Physics, resigned in 1975 .
In 1954-1956, Massey was President of the London Physical Society , [2] and in 1969-1978 - Vice-President of the Royal Society of London . He also served as chairman of the British National Committee for Space Research, participated in the creation of the European Space Agency .
Scientific Activities
Massey's scientific work is mainly devoted to atomic and nuclear physics , space physics. Works on the theory of atomic collisions, in particular, on the scattering of identical unexcited atoms, are most famous. Massey also owns the theory of deuteron photoelectric splitting .
Awards
- Hughes Medal of the Royal Society of London (1955)
- Royal Medal (1958)
- Guthrie Medal and Prize (1959)
- Knighthood (1960)
- Kelvin Lecture (1966)
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1982)
Some publications
Books
- G. Messi, E. Barhop. Electronic and ionic collisions. - M .: Publishing house of foreign literature , 1958.
- HSW Massey, H. Kestelman. Ancillary Mathematics. - 2nd ed. - Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd., 1964.
- Mr. Messi. A new era in physics. - 2nd ed. - M .: Atomizdat , 1965.
- N.F. Mott , G. Messi. Theory of atomic collisions. (inaccessible link) - 3rd ed. - M .: Mir , 1969.
- Mr. Messi. Negative ions. - M .: Mir , 1979.
- HSW Massey. Applied Atomic Physics Processes. - Academic Press, 1982.
- HSW Massey, MO Robins. History of British space science. - Cambridge University Press , 1986.
Articles
- Mr. Messi. Theory of scattering of slow electrons // UFN . - 1958. - V. 64 , no. 3
- Massey articles in Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 121226247 // General Regulatory Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Information Archive dated January 12, 2003 on the Wayback Machine from NAHSTE Archived on October 1, 2006. (Navigational Aids for the Environment). Lewis, John J. The Physical Society and Institute of Physics 1874-2002. - Institute of Physics Publishing, 2003. - ISBN 0-7503-0879-6 .
Literature
- Temples Yu. A. Messi Harry Stewart Wilson (Massey Harrie Stewart Wilson) // Physics: A Biographical Directory / Ed. A.I. Akhiezer . - Ed. 2nd, rev. and add. - M .: Science , 1983. - p. 185-186. - 400 s. - 200 000 copies (in the lane)