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Edward Victor Appleton

1892–1965

Edward Victor Appleton (1892–1965) was a British physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 for his discovery of the Appleton layer, a key region of the ionosphere that reflects radio waves. His work laid the foundation for long-range radio communication and radar, and he served as a scientific advisor during both World Wars. Appleton was also a professor at King's College London and the University of Cambridge, and later became Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh.

Physics

The Ionosphere and Its Influence on Radio Wave Propagation (1927)
The Appleton Layer: A Study of the Upper Atmosphere (1932)
Radio Wave Propagation and the Ionosphere (1947 Nobel Lecture)
The Physics of the Ionosphere (1956)
Scientific Research and National Defense (1940, classified report)

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