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Blackett

American

[blak-it] / ˈblæk ɪt /

noun

Patrick Maynard Stuart, 1897–1974, English physicist: Nobel Prize 1948.

Blackett British

/ ˈblækɪt /

noun

Patrick Maynard Stuart , Baron. 1897–1974, English physicist, noted for his work on cosmic radiation and his discovery of the positron. Nobel prize for physics 1948

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From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

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Blackett, luckily, found out that something was amiss.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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