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Peter Fowler (physicist)

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75:. He used his skills to detect the interference signals and through analysis was able to locate the station responsible, which was subsequently destroyed. It is reported that Goering demanded a court martial over what the Axis powers viewed as a breach of security as they did not believe that it was possible to locate a jamming station so rapidly. 60:. He developed improved methods for measuring cosmic rays, using high-altitude balloons and later jets, and investigated the radiation hazards of high-altitude supersonic flight. He studied radioactive fallout from the 1986 64:
nuclear power station explosion in Ukraine, and after the 1988 Lockerbie aircraft bombing he developed a thermal neutron-based methodology for screening passengers' luggage.
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officer in the wartime RAF (1942–46). Following the D-Day landings, RAF bombers soon experienced intensive German jamming of their
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
8: 194: 119:, who determined the state of matter in 140: 285:Academics of the University of Bristol 290:People educated at Winchester College 7: 280:Alumni of the University of Bristol 115:. His father was the physicist Sir 153:"Obituary: Professor Peter Fowler" 14: 1: 219:"CosNews No. 28, Spring 1997" 107:nee Brown. Their daughter is 16:British physicist (1923–1996) 265:Fellows of the Royal Society 177:Wolfendale, Arnold (1998). 123:stars. His grandfather was 99:Fowler was married in 1949 321: 52:Fowler researched primary 113:Downing College Cambridge 300:Experimental physicists 33:Fowler was educated at 196:10.1098/rsbm.1998.0012 125:Lord Ernest Rutherford 295:Cosmic ray physicists 127:, who discovered the 73:Gee navigation system 47:University of Bristol 151:(14 November 1996). 83:Fowler won the 1974 35:Summer Fields School 305:Particle physicists 225:on 20 November 2008 117:Ralph Howard Fowler 111:, former Master of 67:Fowler served as a 20:Peter Howard Fowler 247:. 15 January 2024. 101:Bathavon, Somerset 39:Winchester College 103:to the physicist 312: 249: 248: 241: 235: 234: 232: 230: 215: 209: 208: 198: 174: 168: 167: 165: 163: 145: 54:cosmic radiation 320: 319: 315: 314: 313: 311: 310: 309: 255: 254: 253: 252: 243: 242: 238: 228: 226: 217: 216: 212: 176: 175: 171: 161: 159: 157:The Independent 147: 146: 142: 137: 105:Rosemary Fowler 97: 81: 31: 17: 12: 11: 5: 318: 316: 308: 307: 302: 297: 292: 287: 282: 277: 272: 267: 257: 256: 251: 250: 236: 210: 169: 149:Perkins, D. H. 139: 138: 136: 133: 129:atomic nucleus 96: 93: 80: 77: 30: 27: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 317: 306: 303: 301: 298: 296: 293: 291: 288: 286: 283: 281: 278: 276: 273: 271: 268: 266: 263: 262: 260: 246: 240: 237: 224: 220: 214: 211: 206: 202: 197: 192: 188: 184: 180: 173: 170: 158: 154: 150: 144: 141: 134: 132: 130: 126: 122: 118: 114: 110: 106: 102: 94: 92: 90: 89:Royal Society 86: 78: 76: 74: 70: 65: 63: 59: 55: 50: 48: 44: 40: 36: 28: 26: 24: 21: 239: 227:. Retrieved 223:the original 213: 186: 182: 172: 160:. Retrieved 156: 143: 98: 85:Hughes Medal 82: 66: 51: 43:Cecil Powell 41:, and under 32: 19: 18: 275:1996 deaths 270:1923 births 189:: 176–189. 121:white dwarf 109:Mary Fowler 58:cosmic rays 259:Categories 229:6 February 135:References 162:26 August 62:Chernobyl 245:"Nature" 87:of the 45:at the 205:770238 203:  95:Family 79:Awards 201:JSTOR 69:radar 231:2009 164:2024 29:Life 191:doi 23:FRS 261:: 199:. 187:44 185:. 181:. 155:. 131:. 49:. 37:, 233:. 207:. 193:: 166:.

Index

FRS
Summer Fields School
Winchester College
Cecil Powell
University of Bristol
cosmic radiation
cosmic rays
Chernobyl
radar
Gee navigation system
Hughes Medal
Royal Society
Bathavon, Somerset
Rosemary Fowler
Mary Fowler
Downing College Cambridge
Ralph Howard Fowler
white dwarf
Lord Ernest Rutherford
atomic nucleus
Perkins, D. H.
"Obituary: Professor Peter Fowler"
"Peter Howard Fowler. 27 February 1923-8 November 1996"
doi
10.1098/rsbm.1998.0012
JSTOR
770238
"CosNews No. 28, Spring 1997"
the original
"Nature"

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