Read about McMillan's research of radioactive elements, and find links to biographical details.

Includes a brief account of the American physicist's experiments and discoveries.

"Physical Review Focus" examines Robert A. Millikan's 1916 paper on the measurement of Planck's constant and its meaning for quantum mechanics.

Describes the Nobel Prize-winning physicist's studies of the nucleus of an atom.

Biography of the mathematics professor includes references, a list of his awards, and vital stats.

Consult an encyclopedia entry about the scientist for whom the unit of electrical resistance is named.

Exhibition explains how the Australian physicist discovered the radioactive isotope of hydrogen known as tritium.