Albert Abraham Michelson
Albert Abraham Michelson, (pronunciation anglicized as "Michael-son", December 19, 1852 - May 9, 1931), was a Prussian-born American physicist known for his work on the measurement of the speed of light, and especially for the Michelson-Morley experiment. In 1907 he received a Nobel prize for physics, the first American to receive the Nobel Prize in the sciences.
References
- Livingston, D. M. (1973). The Master of Light: A Biography of Albert A. Michelson ISBN 0226487113 - biography by Michelson's daughter
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