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"My greatest inspiration
is a challenge to attempt
the impossible."
-- Albert A. Michelson
A Guide to the Albert A. Michelson Collection 1803-1989 [.pdf]


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ALBERT A. MICHELSON:

A VIRTUAL TOUR OF A LIFE IN SCIENCE

      Introduction

      U. S. Naval Academy and the Navy

      Career and Influence

      Honors and Awards

      Personal Life and Interests

      Michelson Remembered

      Bibliography

      Related Sites

      Acknowledgments

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Last updated: 29 July 2003

Cadet Midshipman Albert A. Michelson in 1873, U. S. Naval Academy.
Michelson playing billiards, n.d.
Michelson using a spectrograph to test a diffraction grating, Ryerson Physical Laboratory, University of Chicago, circa 1920.