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Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton

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Noun

1. e. t. s. walton, ernest thomas sinton walton, ernest walton, walton

Irish physicist who (with Sir John Cockcroft in 1931) first split an atom (1903-1995)

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Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton

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Irish physicist who with Sir John Cockcroft succeeded in splitting atomic nuclei by bombarding them with protons. The two men shared a 1951 Nobel Prize for this work.

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