Mark Zemansky

Mark Waldo Zemansky
Born(1900-05-05)May 5, 1900
New York City
DiedDecember 29, 1981(1981-12-29) (aged 81)[2]
Teaneck, New Jersey[3]
Alma materCity College of New York
(B.S., 1921)
Columbia University
(Ph.D., 1927)
Known forUniversity Physics
Wu experiment
SpouseAdele
Awards1956 Oersted Medal of the American Association of Physics Teachers
Scientific career
FieldsParticle physics
Low temperature physics
Education
InstitutionsCity College of New York (1925-1967)
ThesisThe Diffusion of Imprisoned Resonance Radiation In Mercury Vapor (1927)
Doctoral advisorHarold Worthington Webb [1]
Notable studentsJay Gregory Dash, Bernard Feld, Herman Feshbach, Herbert Goldstein, William Havens, Robert Herman, Robert Hofstadter, Leon M. Lederman, William Nierenberg, Arno Penzias, Frank Press, Julian Schwinger, Gary Steigman, Leonard Susskind[2]

Mark Waldo Zemansky (May 5, 1900 – December 29, 1981[2][4]) was an American physicist. He was a professor of physics at the City College of New York for decades and is best known for co-authoring University Physics, an introductory physics textbook, with Francis Sears. The book, first published in 1949, is often referred to as "Sears and Zemansky", although Hugh Young became a coauthor in 1973.

  1. ^ Webb, Harold; Wiener, Charles (interviewer), "Oral History Transcript — Dr. Harold Webb", Leonia, New Jersey April 24, 1970, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD USA.
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  4. ^ Bederson, Benjamin, "The Physical Tourist: Physics and New York City", Phys. perspect. 5 (2003) 87–121 © Birkha¨ user Verlag, Basel, 2003. Cf. p.106 &c.