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The Master of light: A biography of Albert A Michelson

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Catalogue Number: 2280
The Master of light: A biography of Albert A Michelson
Category: Book
Sub-Category: Hewett collection
Author: LIVINGSTONE Dorothy Michelson
Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1973
Time Period: 1940 to 1999
Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Chicago, USA
Publisher/Manufacturer: University of Chicago Press
Description Of Item: Paperback, 150 x 227 mm, 376 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs and diagrams .
Historical Significance: Albert Abraham Michelson (1852 - 1931) was an 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 the Nobel Prize in Physics. He became the first American to receive the Nobel Prize in sciences. The author is his daughter.
How Acquired: Ex Nathan Library
Date Acquired: Aug 2013
Condition: Good
Location: Nathan Library. Hewett collection

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