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- Albert A. Michelson - Wikipedia
Albert Abraham Michelson (December 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931) was an American experimental physicist known for his work on measuring the speed of light and especially for the Michelson–Morley experiment In 1907, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics, becoming the first American to win the Nobel Prize in a science
- A. A. Michelson | Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist | Britannica
A A Michelson was a German-born American physicist who established the speed of light as a fundamental constant and pursued other spectroscopic and metrological investigations
- Albert A. Michelson – Biographical - NobelPrize. org
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1907 was awarded to Albert Abraham Michelson "for his optical precision instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations carried out with their aid"
- Albert Abraham Michelson - Biography, Facts and Pictures
The nineteenth century physicist, Albert Abraham Michelson, was the first American to be awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics He became famous for his establishment of the speed of light as a fundamental constant and other spectroscopic and meteorological investigations
- The Site Where Albert Michelson Measured the Speed of Light 145 Years . . .
This work kicked off his groundbreaking career in optics, during which Michelson experimentally challenged the existence of ether, invented the interferometer bearing his name, and, in 1907, received the Nobel Prize in Physics, becoming the first American laureate in science
- Albert Abraham Michelson 1852-1931 - AIP
Encouraged by success and by the advice of the prominent astronomer Simon Newcomb, Michelson resolved on a career in physics He went to Europe for two years of study At Helmholtz's laboratory in Berlin Michelson designed and built a fundamental experiment
- Albert A. Michelson :: Notable Graduates :: USNA
Michelson maintained a teaching career as a professor of physics at various institutions, beginning that career at the Naval Academy in 1875 He was the second American citizen, and the first American scientist, to become a Nobel Laureate, receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1907
- Albert A. Michelson Edward W. Morley - Physics Book
In 1887, Michelson and Morley set up an experiment to prove that an ether existed and to understand its motion relative to the Earth The purpose of the experiment was to study the speed of light in different directions
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