PHYSICS ANCESTORS
I had two research advisors in graduate school. Their lineage is given below.
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Jeffrey Vanhoy |
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| Gary E Mitchell | Edward G Bilpuch |
| Leo James Rainwater 1917-1986 Columbia University Nobel Prize Physics 1975 link Collective and Single-Particle Motion in the Nucleus |
Henry W Newsom 1909-1978 Neutron resonance reactions Control rod system for reactors link |
| John Ray Dunning 1907-1975 PhD Columbia 1946 Verified fission measurements of Hahn & Strassman Demonstrated that slow-neutron induced fission occurs in 235U rather than 238U. Gaseous Diffusion |
William D Harkins 1873-1951 PhD Stanford 1907 Nuclear chemist Involved in several diverse fields of physics and chemistry. Suggested that the abundance of elements in stars was a nuclear effect (1917). Coined the word 'neutron' which was later discovered in 1932 by Chadwick. Built cyclotron at FermiLab which was used in neutron diffusion studies (1936). Proposed the alpha-particle model of nuclei. |
| Enrico Fermi 1901-1954 PhD Univ. Pisa 1922 Nobel Prize Physics 1938 link |
Robert E Swain PhD Yale 1904 |
| Luigi Puccianti 1875-1952 PhD Univ Pisa 1898 Spectrograph. Correlated IR spectra with molecular structure. Proposed measuring wavelength of x-rays by using a grating at large angles. |
Lafayette B Mendel PhD Yale 1893 |
| Angelo Batelli 1862-1916 PhD Univ Turin 1884 Founded Italian Physical Society. Measured temperatures and heat of fusion for ... |
Russell H Chittenden PhD Yale 1880 |
| Andrea Naccari 1841-1919 PhD math Univ Padva Thermoelectric properties of metals. Photoelectric effect on metals immersed in liquids. Electrical conductivity in gases. |
Samuel W Johnson MA Yale 1857 |
| Francesco Rosseti 1833-1885 Univ Padva Electrostatics. Electrochemistry. |
John P Norton MA Yale 1846 |
| James FW Johnston (no degree) Uppsala 1833 |
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| Jons Jakob Berzelius Uppsala 1802 |
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| Johann Afzelius Uppsala 1776 |
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| Torbern Olaf Bergman Uppsala 1758 |
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Links:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/chem/genealogy/gen-simonsen.html