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Percy Williams Bridgman
April 21, 1882 – August 20, 1961
American physicist (1882–1961)
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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.
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- Birthday · April 21
- Anniversary · August 20
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