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scattering Raman effect Compton effect Tyndall effect

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Lord Rayleigh, engraving by R. Cottot.

Lord Rayleigh

British scientist

Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.

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