List of Jewish American physicists
This is a list of notable Jewish American physicists. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.
- Stephen Brunauer, Hungarian physicist who came to United States to study sciences. Inventor of BET theory and porous Portland cement.
- Albert Einstein, German-born, later naturalized American theoretical physicist who is known for developing the theory of relativity. Nobel Prize (1921).
- Richard P. Feynman, physicist, Nobel Prize (1965) (though he always refused to appear in lists such as this one and other lists or books that classified people by race[1][2][3])
- Cornelius Lanczos, mathematical physicist[4]
- Albert A. Michelson, who measured the speed of light, and disproved the existence of the luminous ether.[5]
- J. Robert Oppenheimer, "the father of the atomic bomb"
- Carl Sagan, one of the most prominent astrophysicists who is known for his research on the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
- Victor Frederick Weisskopf (1908–2002), physicist; during World War II, he worked at Los Alamos on the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb, and later campaigned against the proliferation of nuclear weapons[6]
See also
References
- ↑ Don't You have Time to Think?, Richard P. Feynman (Edited by Michelle Feynman), Penguin Book, 2006, pages 234-236, in letters answering Tina Levitan, and considering her book Jewish Winners of the Nobel Prize an "adventure in prejudice"
- ↑ The Daily Telegraph
- ↑ "Richard Feynman". Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved March 7, 2008.
- ↑ "Lanczos biography". Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
- ↑ Albert A. Michelson
- ↑ "Growing up in Vienna in a well-to-do Jewish family..." "One of the most brilliant Jewish scientists to be driven from Germany by Nazi persecution..."