Edward Condon

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American human nuclear physicist physicist quantum physicist theoretical physicist

Edward Condon was an American nuclear physicist and quantum mechanic known for major contributions to atomic spectroscopy and for co-formulating the Franck–Condon principle.

Aliases (1)

Edward Uhler Condon ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American → human → nuclear physicist → physicist → quantum physicist → theoretical physicist →
academicDegree	PhD in physics →
authorOf	Theory of Atomic Spectra →
awardReceived	Fellow of the American Physical Society →
birthDate	1902-03-02 →
birthPlace	Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States →
coAuthorWith	G. H. Shortley → Philip M. Morse →
coFormulated	Franck–Condon principle →
coFormulatedWith	James Franck →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1974-03-26 →
deathPlace	Boulder, Colorado, United States →
educatedAt	University of California, Berkeley →
employer	National Bureau of Standards → Princeton University → University of Colorado Boulder → University of Minnesota → Washington University in St. Louis → Westinghouse Electric Corporation →
familyName	Condon →
fieldOfWork	atomic spectroscopy → molecular spectroscopy → nuclear physics → quantum mechanics →
givenName	Edward →
knownFor	Condon approximation → Condon–Morse potential → Condon–Shortley phase → Franck–Condon principle → popularization of quantum mechanics → work on atomic spectra →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	American Physical Society → National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America →
name	Edward Uhler Condon →
notableWork	Quantum Mechanics (with Philip M. Morse) → Theory of Atomic Spectra (1935) →
participatedIn	Manhattan Project →
politicalPersecution	target of anti-communist investigations in the United States →
positionHeld	Director of the National Bureau of Standards → President of the American Physical Society → Professor of Physics →
residence	Boulder, Colorado, United States →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Edward Condon ("Edward Uhler Condon") →	name
Franck–Condon principle →	namedAfter