| Appleton, Sir Edward Victor 1892-1965. British physicist. He won a 1947 Nobel Prize for his discovery of the F layer of the ionosphere. |
Appleton, Sir Edward Victor
British winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1947 for his discovery of the so-called Appleton layer of the ionosphere, which is a dependable reflector of radio waves and as such is useful in communication. Other ionospheric layers reflect radio waves sporadically, depending upon temperature and time of day.
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