Percy Williams Bridgman | |
|---|---|
 Bridgman in 1946 | |
| Born | April 21, 1882 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | August 20, 1961 (aged 79) Randolph, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Known for | High-pressure physics Operationalism Operational definition |
| Awards | Rumford Prize (1917) Elliott Cresson Medal (1932) Comstock Prize in Physics (1933) Nobel Prize in Physics (1946) Fellow of the Royal Society (1949)[1] Bingham Medal (1951) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Doctoral advisor | Wallace Clement Sabine |
| Doctoral students | Francis Birch Gerald Holton John C. Slater Edwin C. Kemble |
Percy Williams Bridgman (April 21, 1882 – August 20, 1961) was an American physicist who received the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the physics of high pressures. He also wrote extensively on the scientific method and on other aspects of the philosophy of science.[2][3][4] The Bridgman effect, the Bridgman–Stockbarger technique, and the high-pressure mineral bridgmanite are named after him.
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- ^ Bridgman, P. (1914). "A Complete Collection of Thermodynamic Formulas". Physical Review. 3 (4): 273–281. Bibcode:1914PhRv....3..273B. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.3.273.
- ^ Bridgman, P. W. (1956). "Probability, Logic, and ESP". Science. 123 (3184): 15–17. Bibcode:1956Sci...123...15B. doi:10.1126/science.123.3184.15. PMID 13281470.