Philip Burton Moon FRS
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File:Moon-philip.jpg|Philip Moon's Los Alamos badge
File:Moon-winifred f.jpg|Winifred Moon's Los Alamos badge
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Career at Birmingham University
After the war he was made Poynting Professor of Physics at Birmingham in 1946, succeeding Oliphant but receiving the appointment only after the first choice (Cecil Powell) had been rejected at the last minute for being a communist. He held the position until 1973.
In 1950 Moon was the first person to detect gamma ray fluorescence; however his results were not considered statistically significant enough and it would be several years before they were proven.
Moon was invited to become the honorary life president of the Poynting Physical Society, at the University of Birmingham, in 1975.
In 1991, Moon was the recipient of the Hughes Medal from the Royal Society.
His papers are held at the University of Birmingham Special Collections.
References
External links
- P. B. Moon