• Born June 24, 1883
• Born in Steiermark, Austria
• Discovered cosmic rays
• Died December 17, 1964.
Attended Graz University from 1901-1905
Received Ph.D. from the University of Vienna-1906
Received his doctor's degree in 1910
• Member of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna.
• Assisted Stephan Meyer at the Institute of Radium Research
• Director of Research Laboratory for U.S. Radium Corporation
• Consulting Physicist for U.S. Department of the Interior
• Taught at Fordham University from 1937-1956.
Work in the US
• Received the Lieben Prize in 1919
• Received the Abbe Memorial Prize in1932
• Received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1936
• #1-come from outside the solar system
• #2-come from interstellar space
• #3-solar flares and other energetic solar events
• Contain protons, electrons, and atomic nuclei
• Originate in outer space
• Travel at nearly the speed of light
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