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American physicists

35 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Adam FrankAuthor · BooksAdam Frank (born 1962) is an American physicist, astronomer, and writer. His scientific research has focused on computational astrophysics with an emphasis on star formation and late stages…
Brian GreeneAuthor · BooksBrian Randolph Greene[1] (born February 9, 1963) is an American physicist known for his research on string theory.[67][68][71] He is a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia…
Bud GraceArtist · Comics and comic artBud Grace (born c. 1944) is an American cartoonist, primarily known for the comic strip Ernie, later retitled as Piranha Club in the United States.
Carl SaganAuthor · BooksCarl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator.
Chia-Chiao LinAuthor · Books
Dayton MillerPerson · Music memorabiliaDayton Clarence Miller (March 13, 1866 – February 22, 1941) was an American physicist, astronomer, acoustician, and accomplished amateur flautist.
Emilio G. SegrèAuthor · BooksEmilio Gino Segrè (lang; 1 February 1905 – 22 April 1989) was an Italian-American nuclear physicist and radiochemist who discovered the elements technetium and astatine, and the antiproton,…
Frederic Eugene IvesPhotographer · PhotographyFrederic Eugene Ives (February 17, 1856 – May 27, 1937) was a U.S. inventor who was born in Litchfield, Connecticut.
George E. SmithPhotographer · PhotographyGeorge Elwood Smith (May 10, 1930 – May 28, 2025) was an American applied physicist and a co-inventor of the charge-coupled device (CCD).
Gregory BenfordAuthor · BooksGregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the department of physics and astronomy at the University of…
Harold UreyAuthor · BooksHarold Clayton Urey ForMemRS (April 29, 1893 – January 5, 1981) was an American physical chemist who conducted pioneering work on isotopes.
J. Allen HynekAuthor · BooksJosef Allen Hynek (May 1, 1910 – April 27, 1986) was an American astronomer, professor, and ufologist. He is perhaps best remembered for his UFO research.
John A. RogersDesigner · Modern designJohn A. Rogers (born August 24, 1967) is an American physical chemist and a materials scientist.
John William DraperAuthor · BooksJohn William Draper (May 5, 1811 – January 4, 1882) was an English polymath: a scientist, philosopher, physician, chemist, historian and photographer.
Jules AaronsPhotographer · PhotographyJules Aarons (October 3, 1921 – November 21, 2008) was an American space physicist known for his study of radio-wave propagation, and a photographer known for his street photography in…
Katherine JohnsonAuthor · BooksKatharine Johnson (disambiguation)Katharine Johnson
Kenneth MeesPhotographer · PhotographyCharles Edward Kenneth Mees FRS (26 May 1882 – 15 August 1960) was a British scientist and photographic researcher.
Leon ThereminPerson · Music memorabiliaLev Sergeyevich Termen (18963 November 1993), better known as Leon Theremin, was a Russian inventor, most famous for his invention of the theremin, one of the first electronic musical…
Leona WoodsAuthor · BooksLeona Harriet Woods (August 9, 1919 – November 10, 1986), later known as Leona Woods Marshall and Leona Woods Marshall Libby, was an American physicist who helped build the first nuclear…
Leonard MlodinowAuthor · BooksLeonard Mlodinow (born November 26, 1954) is an American theoretical physicist and mathematician, screenwriter and author.
Mario LivioAuthor · BooksThe Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number (2002)
Martin David KruskalAuthor · BooksMartin David Kruskal (September 28, 1925 – December 26, 2006) was an American mathematician and physicist.
Matthew Fontaine MauryAuthor · Maps and atlasesMatthew Fontaine Maury (January 14, 1806 – February 1, 1873) was an American oceanographer and naval officer, serving the United States and then joining the Confederacy during the American…
Michael AlbertAuthor · BooksMichael Albert (born April 8, 1947) is an American economist, speaker, writer, and political critic. Since the late 1970s, he has published on a variety of subjects.
Michael H. HartAuthor · Books
Paul HoffertPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Matthew Hoffert, LLD, CM (born 22 September 1943, in Brooklyn, New York) is a recording artist, performer, media music composer, author, academic, and corporate executive.
Randall MunroeArtist · Comics and comic artRandall Patrick Munroe (born October 17, 1984)[1][2] is an American cartoonist, author, and engineer best known as the creator of the webcomic xkcd.
Richard FeynmanAuthor · BooksRichard Phillips Feynman (May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist.
Robert L. ForwardAuthor · BooksRobert Lull Forward (August 15, 1932 – September 21, 2002) was an American physicist and science fiction writer.
Rudolf KompfnerDesigner · DesignRudolf Kompfner (May 16, 1909 – December 3, 1977) was an Austrian-born inventor, physicist and architect, best known as the inventor of the traveling-wave tube (TWT).
Samuel Finley Breese MorseArtist · SculptureSamuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor and painter.
Thomas EdisonPerson · Film memorabiliaThomas Alva Edison (February11, 1847October18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman known for his work on the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, electric power distribution…
Tsutomu ShimomuraPerson · Film memorabiliaTsutomu Shimomura is a Japanese-born physicist and computer security expert. He is known for helping the FBI track and arrest hacker Kevin Mitnick.
William Luther PierceAuthor · BooksWilliam Luther Pierce III (September 11, 1933 – July 23, 2002) was an American neo-Nazi political activist.
Willy LeyAuthor · BooksWilly Otto Oskar Ley (October 2, 1906 – June 24, 1969) was a German and American science writer and proponent of space exploration and cryptozoology.

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