- Albert A. Michelson - Wikipedia
Albert Abraham Michelson ( ˈmaɪkəlsən MAHY-kuhl-suhn; [3] December 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931) was an American 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 (born December 19, 1852, Strelno, Prussia [now Strzelno, Poland]—died May 9, 1931, Pasadena, California, U S ) 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
Michelson has contributed numerous papers to many scientific periodicals and among his more substantial works are the classics, Velocity of Light (1902) Light Waves and their Uses (1899-1903); and Studies in Optics (1927)
- 3. 6: The Michelson Interferometer - Physics LibreTexts
The Michelson interferometer (invented by the American physicist Albert A Michelson, 1852–1931) is a precision instrument that produces interference fringes by splitting a light beam into two parts and then recombining them after they have traveled different optical paths
- MICHELSON, ALBERT ABRAHAM - Case Western Reserve University
MICHELSON, ALBERT ABRAHAM (19 Dec 1852-9 May 1931), the first American to win a Nobel prize in the sciences (physics, 1907), was born in Strelno, Prussia (Strzelno, Poland), the son of Rosalie (Przylubska) and Samuel Michelson He came to America with his parents in 1855
- Albert Michelson :: Nimitz Library :: USNA
President Ulysses S Grant awarded Albert A Michelson a special appointment to the U S Naval Academy in 1869 During his four years as a midshipman at the Academy, Michelson excelled in optics, heat and climatology, and drawing
- A. A. Michelson Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life Achievements
Albert Abraham Michelson was the first American scientist who received the Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on finding the speed of light This biography profiles his childhood, life, career, achievements and timeline
- Light - Michelson-Morley, Experiment, Wave-Particle | Britannica
The German-born American physicist A A Michelson set the early standard for measurements of the speed of light in the late 1870s, determining a speed within 0 02 percent of the modern value Michelson’s most noteworthy measurements of the speed of light, however, were yet to come
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