Victor Franz Hess

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1925-1931 Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Graz, Stmk, Austria 
 1931-1937 Universität Innsbruck 
 1938-1956 Fordham University, Bronx, NY, United States 
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http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1936/hess-bio.html
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(1883 - 1964)
Steinmaurer, Rudolf, Hess, Victor in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 9 (1972), S. 12-14 [Onlinefassung]
https://history.aip.org/phn/11711003.html
http://www.univie.ac.at/pluslucis/FBW0/FBW2012/Material/Kutschera.pdf
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1936 was divided equally between Victor Franz Hess "for his discovery of cosmic radiation" and Carl David Anderson "for his discovery of the positron".

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Leopold Pfaundler grad student 1906 Universität Graz (Chemistry Tree)
Franz Serafin Exner post-doc 1906-1910 Universität Wien
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Stefan Meyer research scientist 1910-1920 Universität Wien
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Jaki SL, Hess VF. (1958) A study of the distribution of radon, thoron, and their decay products above and below the ground Journal of Geophysical Research. 63: 373-390
Hess VF, Manning AW. (1956) A study of the ionization produced in various gases by cosmic radiation Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 37: 676-678
Hess VF, Parkinson WD. (1954) On the contribution of alpha rays from the ground to the total ionization of the lower atmosphere Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 35: 869-871
Hess VF. (1954) Remarks on the article of J. Clay: "Ions and condensation nuclei in the atmosphere, balance of ions and value of cosmic radiation at sea level" Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 4: 343-345
Hess VF. (1953) On the ionization produced by gamma radiation from the ground and from the atmosphere Journal of Geophysical Research. 58: 67-72
Hess VF. (1953) Radon, Thoron, and their decay products in the atmosphere Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 3: 172-177
Hess VF, Burns WF, Parkinson WD. (1952) Gamma radiation from uranium X2 Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 33: 657-660
Hess VF, Eugster J, Tobias CA. (1951) Cosmic Radiation and Its Biological Effects Physics Today. 4: 25-26
Hess VF, O'Donnell GA. (1951) On the rate of ion formation at ground level and at one meter above ground Journal of Geophysical Research. 56: 557-562
Hess VF. (1951) Further determinations of the concentration of condensation nuclei in the air over the North Atlantic Journal of Geophysical Research. 56: 553-556
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