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Percy Williams Bridgman

1882 - 1961

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Percy Williams Bridgman (April 21, 1882 – August 20, 1961) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Percy Williams Bridgman is the 97th most popular physicist (down from 81st in 2019), the 301st most popular biography from United States (down from 293rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Physicist.

Percy Williams Bridgman is most famous for his contributions to the field of physics, specifically the development of the law of conservation of energy.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Percy Williams Bridgman ranks 97 out of 851. Before him are C. F. Powell, Otto von Guericke, Carl David Anderson, Barry Barish, Ben Roy Mottelson, and J. Hans D. Jensen. After him are Jean Baptiste Perrin, William Henry Bragg, Eugene Wigner, Donald A. Glaser, Aage Bohr, and Thomas Young.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Percy Williams Bridgman ranks 15. Before him are Max Born, Georgi Dimitrov, Ion Antonescu, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Emmy Noether, and Günther von Kluge. After him are Abdullah I of Jordan, Kurt von Schleicher, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Melanie Klein, Abd el-Krim, and James Franck. Among people deceased in 1961, Percy Williams Bridgman ranks 12. Before him are Patrice Lumumba, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Emily Greene Balch, Lee de Forest, Jules Bordet, and Gary Cooper. After him are Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Edith Wilson, Mohammed V of Morocco, Maria of Yugoslavia, Frantz Fanon, and Otto Loewi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Percy Williams Bridgman ranks 301 out of 20,380. Before him are Gwyneth Paltrow (1972), Jeffrey Epstein (1953), Pete Conrad (1930), Axl Rose (1962), Estée Lauder (1906), and George Shultz (1920). After him are Jerry Brown (1938), Calvin Coolidge (1872), Neilia Hunter Biden (1942), Leon Czolgosz (1873), Wild Bill Hickok (1837), and Steve Ballmer (1956).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Percy Williams Bridgman ranks 12. Before him are Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (1915), Luis Walter Alvarez (1911), Robert Andrews Millikan (1868), Carl David Anderson (1905), Barry Barish (1936), and Ben Roy Mottelson (1926). After him are Donald A. Glaser (1926), Clinton Davisson (1881), Ernest Lawrence (1901), Willis Lamb (1913), Owen Chamberlain (1920), and Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921).

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