Percy Williams Bridgman

Physicist, Academic

1882 – 1961

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Who was Percy Williams Bridgman?

Percy Williams Bridgman was an American physicist who won 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.

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Born
Apr 21, 1882
Cambridge
Also known as
  • P. W. Bridgman
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Harvard University
Employment
  • Harvard University
Died
Aug 20, 1961
Randolph

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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