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 * __Scientific Contributions__ **



Victor F. Hess is best recognized for discovering cosmic rays in 1911.

However, there was a large uncertainty about the exact nature of the radiation he had detected.

It wasn't until 1936, with further research by Hess and with the help of others that confirmed the space origins of the radiation

> This is why Hess was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics.

Other cosmic ray studies by Hess involved their genetic effects, their seasonal variation and the influence of magnetic disorder on their power.

For most of his career Hess studied the medical uses of radium and the nature and diagnosis of radium poisoning.

1945 to 1965 - Hess measured the radium body weight of thousands of radium workers.

>Many of these measurements utilized extremely sensitive techniques developed by Hess at Fordham University.

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