Melba Phillips

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American educator physicist theoretical physicist

Melba Phillips was an influential American physicist and educator known for her work in theoretical physics and for coauthoring the Oppenheimer–Phillips process in nuclear physics.

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Melba Phillips canonical 4
Melba Newell Phillips 2
Melba 1

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instanceOf American ⓘ
educator ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
theoretical physicist ⓘ
academicAdvisor J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ
awardReceived Karl Taylor Compton Medal for Leadership in Physics ⓘ
Oersted Medal ⓘ
birthDate 1907-02-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Hazleton, Indiana, United States ⓘ
causeOfNotability contributions to theoretical nuclear physics ⓘ
prominent role in physics teaching and curriculum development ⓘ
coauthorOf Oppenheimer–Phillips process ⓘ
physics textbooks ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 2004-11-08 ⓘ
doctoralThesisTopic theoretical physics ⓘ
educatedAt Battle Creek College ⓘ
Oakland City College ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
employer Brooklyn College ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ
University of Science and Technology of China ⓘ
Washington University in St. Louis ⓘ
familyName Phillips ⓘ
fieldOfWork nuclear physics ⓘ
physics education ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
fullName Melba Phillips self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Melba Newell Phillips
gender female ⓘ
givenName Melba Phillips self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Melba
hasOccupation author ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
influenced physics education in the United States ⓘ
knownFor Oppenheimer–Phillips process ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Association of Physics Teachers ⓘ
notableAchievement contributions to nuclear reaction theory ⓘ
leadership in physics education ⓘ
notableFor advocacy for high-quality physics education ⓘ
notableWork Oppenheimer–Phillips process ⓘ
participatedIn development of the Oppenheimer–Phillips process theory ⓘ
positionHeld president of the American Association of Physics Teachers ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

New York City ⓘ
workLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

New York City ⓘ

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J. Robert Oppenheimer → doctoralStudent → Melba Phillips ⓘ
Oppenheimer–Phillips process → namedAfter → Melba Phillips ⓘ
Oppenheimer–Phillips process → discoveredBy → Melba Phillips ⓘ
Oersted Medal → hasRecipient → Melba Phillips ⓘ
this entity surface form: Melba Newell Phillips
Melba Phillips → fullName → Melba Phillips self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Melba Newell Phillips
Melba Phillips → givenName → Melba Phillips self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Melba
Hazleton, Indiana, United States → notablePersonBornHere → Melba Phillips ⓘ
subject surface form: Hazleton, Indiana