Percy Williams Bridgman

Born: 1882-04-21 in Cambridge, MA, USA

Gender: male

Field: American physicist (1882–1961)

Biography

Percy Williams Bridgman was an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1946 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. The Bridgman effect, the Bridgman–Stockbarger technique, and the high-pressure mineral bridgmanite are named after him.

Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1946

Awarded on: 1946-11-14

"for the invention of an apparatus to produce extremely high pressures, and for the discoveries he made therewith in the field of high pressure physics"

Affiliations:

Harvard University – Cambridge, MA, USA

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