Edward V. Appleton's Birth Card: The 5 of Diamonds

In the record

Sir Edward Victor Appleton (6 September 1892 – 21 April 1965) was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 for his contributions to the knowledge of the ionosphere, which led to the development of radar and shortwave radio. The birth-card coordinate for September 6 is the 5 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1947 Physics prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 1947 The Nobel Prize in Physics — for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer

The 5 of Diamonds coordinate

Edward V. Appleton's birthday maps to the 5 of Diamonds (The Dynamic Entrepreneur). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Nobel Prize and not a verdict on Edward V. Appleton. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You adjust the resource plan when the ground moves, without pretending nothing changed.

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Edward V. Appleton in the public record

A graduate of the University of Cambridge, Appleton was commissioned as a second lieutenant for the Royal Engineers in 1915. During the First World War, he was an instructor at the Royal Engineers Signals Depot in Fenny Stratford, and served briefly on the Western Front. He brought a captured German thermionic valve back with him. He became the Wheatstone Professor of Physics at King's College London in 1924 and a fellow of the Royal Society in 1927. His primary research interests were how radio waves were created and propagated and unravelling the mystery of how they were reflected by the upper atmosphere. Appleton returned to Cambridge in 1936 as Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy and, when Ernest Rutherford died in October of that year, became acting director of the Cavendish Laboratory. In 1939, shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, Appleton became the Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. In this role, he marshalled the scientific knowledge of Britain in service of the war effort.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Edward Victor Appleton (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 3 of Clubs

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Sir Edward Victor Appleton (6 September 1892 – 21 April 1965) was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 for his contributions to the knowledge of the ionosphere, which led to the development of radar and shortwave radio.

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: physics.

Also on the record

1. He was also closely involved with the development of radar, an outgrowth of his pre-war research into the ionosphere.
2. He was also in charge of Tube Alloys, the British nuclear weapons project, which was merged into the American Manhattan Project in 1943.
3. From 1948 until his death in 1965, he was the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh.
4. As such, he oversaw its growth and was involved in the controversial redevelopment of the historic George Square.

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• Ernest Lawrence — 1939 Physics
• F.W. de Klerk — 1993 Peace
• Fritz Lipmann — 1953 Physiology or Medicine
• George F. Smoot — 2006 Physics
• Jane Addams — 1931 Peace
• John Macleod — 1923 Physiology or Medicine
• 16 more laureates share this card.

FAQ

What is Edward V. Appleton's birth card?

The 5 of Diamonds. September 6 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Nobel Prize?

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Where do Edward V. Appleton's dates come from?

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