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Phillip Lenard (1862-1947), a Hungarian-German physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1905 for his research on cathode rays and the discovery of many of their properties. Subsequent research showed that cathode rays are the carriers of electricity, and are now known as electrons. The fact that the cathode, i.e., the negative electrode, emits the rays showed that electrons carry a negative charge. Lenard’s work formed the basis for Karl Braun’s discovery of the cathode ray tube, key to the operation of television sets, oscilloscopes, and vidicon television cameras. Lenard was an extreme nationalist who despised English physics, a community which he considered to have stolen its ideas from Germany. During the Nazi reign, Lenard fiercely advocated that Germany rely on "Deutsche Physik" (literally "German physics", but best translated as "Aryan physics" in this case), and ignore what he viewed as the fallacious and even deliberately misleading ideas of "Jewish physics", chiefly the theories of Albert Einstein.
Cutler Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Lenard, Phillip". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth September 13, 2006; Last revised Date September 13, 2006; Retrieved May 24, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Lenard,_Phillip>
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The Encyclopedia of Earth Cutler J. Cleveland is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. Dr. Cleveland is currently a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Boston University, with joint appointments in the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies and the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future. He also is a Senior Fellow at the National Council for Science and the Environment in Washington D.C. Dr. Cleveland is als ... (Full Bio)
Phillip Lenard (1862-1947), a Hungarian-German physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1905 for his research on cathode rays and the discovery of many of their properties. Subsequent research showed that cathode rays are the carriers of electricity, and are now known as electrons. The fact that the cathode, i.e., the negative electrode, emits the rays showed that electrons carry a negative charge. Lenard’s work formed the basis for Karl Braun’s discovery of the cathode ray tube, key to the operation of television sets, oscilloscopes, and vidicon television cameras. Lenard was an extreme nationalist who despised English physics, a community which he considered to have stolen its ideas from Germany. During the Nazi reign, Lenard fiercely advocated that Germany rely on "Deutsche Physik" (literally "German physics", but best translated as "Aryan physics" in this case), and ignore what he viewed as the fallacious and even deliberately misleading ideas of "Jewish physics", chiefly the theories of Albert Einstein.
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