Percy Williams Bridgman
Physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
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A prominent American physicist and academic, he contributed significantly to experimental physics and high-pressure research. Bridgman developed methods to achieve extreme pressures and studied their effects on various materials. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1946 for his work on the properties of matter under high pressures, he became a professor at Harvard University where he mentored future scientists. His research advanced the understanding of physical phenomena in solid state physics.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1946
Developed techniques for high-pressure experiments
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