PHYSICS ANCESTORS
I had two research advisors in graduate school. Their lineage is given below.
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Gary E Mitchell | Edward G Bilpuch 1927-2012 PhD UNC-Chapel Hill 1956 BS UNC-Chapel Hill 1950 Director of Triangle Universities Nuclear Lab Proton-induced resonance reactions. https://phy.duke.edu/history/historical-faculty/edward-g-bilpuch |
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Leo James Rainwater 1917-1986 Columbia University Nobel Prize Physics 1975 as seen on the James Rainwater - Biographical . Collective and Single-Particle Motion in the Nucleus |
Henry W Newsom 1909-1978 |
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John Ray Dunning 1907-1975 PhD Columbia 1946 BA Nebraska Weslean 1929 Verified fission measurements of Hahn & Strassman. Demonstrated that slow-neutron induced fission occurs in 235U rather than 238U. Gaseous Diffusion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Dunning |
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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Draper_Harkins |
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also with: Enrico Fermi 1901-1954 PhD Univ. Pisa 1922 Nobel Prize Physics 1938 as seen on the The Nobel Prize in Physics 1938 page. | George B Pegram 1876-1958 PhD Columbia 1903 https://journals.aps.org/pri/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevSeriesI.17.424 BA Trinity College (predecessor of Duke) Early measurements on 'secondary radioactivity' (later known as fission products). https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cu50575465;view=1up;seq=34 Many stints as Dean. Was known for enabling science at Columbia by recruiting many of the known Columbia research faculty and providing resources. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._Pegram http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/pegram-george.pdf |
Robert E Swain 1875-1961 PhD Yale 1904 BS Stanford 1898 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Swain |
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 BS Yale 1891 Biochemist studying Vitamin-A, Vitamin-B, lysine, tryptophan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Mendel |
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Angelo Batelli 1862-1916 PhD Univ Turin 1884 Founded Italian Physical Society. Measured temperatures and heat of fusion for ... | Russell H Chittenden 1856-1943 PhD Yale 1880 BS Yale 1875 Physiological chemistry relating to digestion & nutrition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Henry_Chittenden |
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Andrea Naccari 1841-1919 PhD math Univ Padva Thermoelectric properties of metals. Photoelectric effect on metals immersed in liquids. Electrical conductivity in gases. | Wilhelm Kuekne 1837-1890 MS Goettingen 1856 Chemistry under F. Woehler ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_W%C3%B6hler ) MS Goettingen 1856 Physiology under R Wagner ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Wagner ) Physiology of muscle & nerves. Chemistry of digestion. Chemical changes in the retina under illumination. Known for coining the word 'enzyme'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_K%C3%BChne Samuel W Johnson MA Yale 1857 |
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Francesco Rosseti 1833-1885 Univ Padva Electrostatics. Electrochemistry. | John P Norton MA Yale 1846 |
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James FW Johnston (no degree) Uppsala 1833 |
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Jons Jakob Berzelius Uppsala 1802 | ||
Johann Afzelius Uppsala 1776 | ||
Torbern Olaf Bergman Uppsala 1758 | ||
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