Percy W. Bridgman(1882–1961)
PhysicsPercy 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.
United States
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313
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18,154
Citations
65
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i10-index
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Awards & Recognition
Nobel Prize in Physics
1946for the invention of an apparatus to produce extremely high pressures, and for the discoveries he made therewith in the field of high pressure physics
Harvard UniversityMost Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#6
Verhalten des Wassers als Flüssigkeit und in fünf festen Formen unter Druck
Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie(1912)
15
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Psychoanalysis Scientific Method and Philosophy2020
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Gefühlsselige Demokratie und der vergessene Physiker
Physikalische Blätter1951
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Ueber die Verantwortlichkeit des Wissenschaftlers
Physikalische Blätter1948
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Open AccessVerhalten des Wassers als Flüssigkeit und in fünf festen Formen unter Druck
Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie1912
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Open AccessNochmals die Frage des unbeständigen Eises
Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie
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Education
Harvard University
Newton North High School
Doctoral Advisors
Edwin C. KembleJohn C. SlaterWallace Clement Sabine
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