Robert B. Leighton
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Robert B. Leighton was an American experimental physicist and educator known for his contributions to cosmic-ray and infrared astronomy and for coauthoring the influential Feynman Lectures on Physics.
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American
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astronomer → educator → experimental physicist → physicist → |
| birthDate |
1919-09-10
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The Feynman Lectures on Physics
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Matthew Sands
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Richard P. Feynman → |
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early work on helioseismology
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United States of America
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| deathDate |
1997-03-09
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| developed |
infrared bolometer arrays for astronomy
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techniques for high-resolution solar photography → |
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California Institute of Technology
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California Institute of Technology
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professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology
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| familyName |
Leighton
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| fieldOfWork |
cosmic-ray physics
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experimental physics → infrared astronomy → physics → planetary astronomy → solar physics → |
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Robert Benjamin Leighton
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male
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| givenName |
Robert
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| influenced |
physics education through The Feynman Lectures on Physics
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| knownFor |
coauthoring The Feynman Lectures on Physics
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contributions to solar oscillation studies → cosmic-ray research → development of infrared detectors and instrumentation → infrared astronomical observations → |
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English
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American
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various Caltech physics students
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The Feynman Lectures on Physics
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| occupation |
university professor
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| placeOfDeath |
Pasadena, California, United States
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Pasadena, California, United States
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| researchArea |
cosmic rays in the upper atmosphere
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infrared observations of planets → planetary thermal emission → solar magnetic fields → solar oscillations → |
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California Institute of Technology
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California Institute of Technology
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Referenced by (7)
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Feynman Lectures on Physics
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Millennium Edition → The Feynman Lectures on Physics → |
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Matthew Sands
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Ralph Leighton
("Robert Leighton")
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father |
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Robert B. Leighton
("Robert Benjamin Leighton")
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fullName |
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Ralph Leighton
("Robert Leighton")
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