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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 1946 Nobel Prize in Physics 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Percy Williams Bridgman has received more than 257,631 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Percy Williams Bridgman is the 128th most popular physicist, the 532nd most popular biography from United States (up from 582nd in 2019) and the 13th 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 128 out of 717. Before him are Pavel Cherenkov, Owen Chamberlain, Leo Szilard, Isidor Isaac Rabi, Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, and Arno Allan Penzias. After him are Charles Glover Barkla, Hans Georg Dehmelt, Maurice Wilkins, Ernest Lawrence, Igor Tamm, and Josiah Willard Gibbs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Percy Williams Bridgman ranks 30. Before him are James Franck, Zoltán Kodály, Rodolfo Graziani, Charles Ponzi, Getúlio Vargas, and Emmerich Kálmán. After him are Jacques Maritain, A. A. Milne, Princess Margaret of Connaught, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Princess Marie Bonaparte, and Hans Geiger. Among people deceased in 1961, Percy Williams Bridgman ranks 16. Before him are Jules Bordet, Zog I of Albania, Rafael Trujillo, Adnan Menderes, Frantz Fanon, and Mohammed V of Morocco. After him are Kurt Meyer, Otto Loewi, Paul Landowski, Dashiell Hammett, Maria of Yugoslavia, and Grandma Moses.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Percy Williams Bridgman ranks 532 out of 18,182. Before him are Ralph Lauren (1939), Roy Lichtenstein (1923), Bernie Sanders (1941), Isaac Singer (1811), Bradley Cooper (1975), and Richard Stallman (1953). After him are Duke Ellington (1899), F. Murray Abraham (1939), Jennifer Aniston (1969), Steven Tyler (1948), Matt Damon (1970), and Albert Ellis (1913).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Percy Williams Bridgman ranks 13. Before him are John Bardeen (1908), Arthur Compton (1892), Joseph Henry (1797), Kip Thorne (1940), Owen Chamberlain (1920), and Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921). After him are Ernest Lawrence (1901), Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839), Robert Coleman Richardson (1937), Ben Roy Mottelson (1926), Martin Lewis Perl (1927), and Val Logsdon Fitch (1923).

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