Percy W. Bridgman

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Nobel laureate in Physics human philosopher of science physicist

Percy W. Bridgman was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in high-pressure physics and for developing the philosophical approach known as operationalism.

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Percy Williams Bridgman	10
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Nobel Prize in Physics laureate Percy W. Bridgman	1
Nobel laureate Percy W. Bridgman	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physics ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher of science ⓘ physicist ⓘ
academicDegree	PhD in physics ⓘ
awardReceived	National Medal of Science ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Rumford Medal ⓘ surface form: Rumford Prize
causeOfDeath	suicide ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1882-04-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1961-08-20 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	Wallace Clement Sabine ⓘ
doctoralStudent	Edward M. Purcell ⓘ surface form: Edward Mills Purcell John Hasbrouck Van Vleck ⓘ
educatedAt	Harvard University ⓘ
employer	Harvard University ⓘ
familyName	Bridgman ⓘ
fieldOfWork	high-pressure physics ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ physics ⓘ
givenName	Percy ⓘ
influenced	behaviorism ⓘ logical positivism ⓘ philosophy of science in the 20th century ⓘ
influencedBy	Albert Einstein ⓘ William James ⓘ
knownFor	Bridgman seal ⓘ development of operationalism ⓘ pioneering work in high-pressure physics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ American Philosophical Society ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ surface form: National Academy of Sciences (United States)
middleName	Williams ⓘ
notableWork	Reflections of a Physicist ⓘ The Intelligent Individual and Society ⓘ The Logic of Modern Physics ⓘ The Nature of Physical Theory ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	operationalism ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath	Randolph, New Hampshire, United States ⓘ
positionHeld	Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Harvard University ⓘ
residence	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workFocus	experimental techniques for generating very high pressures ⓘ properties of materials under extreme pressure ⓘ
workLocation	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States