# Arthur Compton (@arthur-compton)

Arthur Compton was an American physicist whose X-ray scattering experiments demonstrated the particle-like behavior of light.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Arthur Compton's public record._

## Topics

- [Historical context](/@arthur-compton/historical-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Influence](/@arthur-compton/influence.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Major work](/@arthur-compton/major-work.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1927/compton/biographical/
- blog: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arthur-Holly-Compton
- blog: https://history.aip.org/phn/11509009.html

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "arthur-compton", "question": "…"}`.