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Dave Pine of

recalls undergrad

, hydrogen diffusion research

@CornellPhysics

, spinodal decomposition

@PhyAstro_Pitt

, basic science at #Exxon, polymer work

@UCSBChE

, and the multidisciplinary development of #softmatter physics aip.org/history-progra

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Michael Dine of

and "consummate theorist" according to

@preskill

, recalls quarks and QCD with Appelquist

@YalePhysicsDept

, electron-positron work

, axion-dark matter

@the_IAS

, supersymmetry without #LHC, and g-2 #muon wobbling excitement aip.org/history-progra

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Mar 25

Jerry C. Elliott-High Eagle recounts upbringing in OK and #Cherokee heritage, being the first Native American to attain a degree in physics from

@UofOklahoma

, work as Lead Retrofire Officer for the Apollo 13 mission

@NASA

and receiving the #medaloffreedom aip.org/history-progra

NASA History Office

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Varghese Mathai of

physics recounts childhood in Kerala, India, education

@iiscbangalore

, turbulent flow research

@utwenteEN

, #bioinspired work

@brown_physics

, and current study of #Covid transmission as a #fluiddynamics problem aip.org/history-progra

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Mar 23

Albrecht Wagner, former chairman of

@desy

, describes childhood in Munich, research on the lambda hyperon

@TU_Muenchen

, collaborations

@CERN

, e+/e- physics

@UCBerkeley

, advances in #synchrotron radiation, and his efforts to help launch

@OISTedu

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Joe Redish of

remembers Charles Misner

@PrincetonPhys

, research with Felix Villars on nuclear reactions

@MIT_Physics

, early career work in three-body clustering, and deciding to switch to #physicseducation in support of the

@AAPTHQ

mission aip.org/history-progra

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Gabriela González of

recalls childhood in Argentina, #generalrelativity with Peter Saulson

@phycuse

, Rai Weiss and

@LIGO

, teaching at

@PennState

, and the need for facility redundancy to detect #gravitationalwaves aip.org/history-progra

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Eric Adelberger of

physics remembers a formative summer job at

@NIST

, neutron research with Charlie Barnes

, isospin-symmetry breaking

@PrincetonPhys

, and how experimental physics continues to refine theories of gravity and #generalrelativity aip.org/history-progra

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In his oral history,

of

remembers the

Air Squadron, work in #nonlineardynamics of viscoelastic flow, rheology and

@NewtonInstitute

, developing #microfluids, and translating #basicscience to applications aip.org/history-progra

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Carl Wieman of

remembers childhood in rural Oregon, lasers with Dan Kleppner

, postdoc

on parity violation,

, Bose-Einstein and

, #scipol for

, and current work in #STEM education aip.org/history-progra

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Marc Kastner of

and

recalls childhood in Ottawa, research on optical properties of #semiconductors

@UChicagoPSD

, work with Bob Birgeneau on high Tc, the impact of single-electron #transistors, and current interest in twistronics aip.org/history-progra

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Mar 16

Sean Jones, Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences

@NSF

, remembers childhood in SC, college

@ClemsonUniv

, phosphorous research

@UF

, venture at Applied Plasmonics, teaching

@Norfolkstate

, commitment to

@NSF_NSB

, and embracing risk in #scipol aip.org/history-progra

BlackInEngineering

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Tony Zee of

recalls his family's escape from China, the mentorship of Wheeler and Weinberg, hadron scattering

@the_IAS

, teaching

@pennphys

, the origins

@KITP_UCSB

, love of physics #writing, and his goal to publish a cartoon in the

@NewYorker

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Mar 14

Christopher Stubbs, Dean of

@HarvardScience

, describes high school in Iran, college

@UVA

, research with Eric Adelberger on torsion pendulum experiments, the MACHO project

@UCSBPhysics

, supernova cosmology

@UW

, and why #astrophysics needs ever more data aip.org/history-progra

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Marjorie Shapiro of

recalls childhood in Brooklyn, working with Dave Nygren

@BerkeleyPhysics

on the Time Projection Chamber, research with Roy Schwitters on CDF

@Fermilab

, electroweak symmetry breaking for ATLAS, and SUSY after the #Higgs aip.org/history-progra

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Daniel Freedman of

recalls college days

, Regge pole research

@UWMadPhysics

, postdoc

@imperialcollege

, the origins of supergravity, meeting C.N. Yang

@stonybrooku

, the impact of AdS/CFT, and why #physics is increasingly mathematical aip.org/history-progra

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Mar 11

Sam Aronson, director emeritus of

@BrookhavenLab

, recalls work with

@riken_en

and

@NOWRDC

, research on decaying neutral K mesons, Ephraim Fischbach and the #5thForce, teaching

@UWMadPhysics

, RHIC and

@ENERGY

, and how particle physics birthed #cosmology aip.org/history-progra

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Peter Delfyett of

and

describes his work in semiconductor diode-based ultrafast lasers, upbringing in #NYC, scientific advance by finding the bottleneck, the impact of lasers on the regional economy, and promoting #diversity in the field aip.org/history-progra

BlackInPhotonics

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Abe Seiden of

physics recounts birth in a European DP camp, deep inelastic muon scattering

, storage ring research

, PT photon work

, policy advice for

and

on #P5, and building TRIUMF silicon detectors aip.org/history-progra

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Dan Neumann of

recounts life on a Nebraska farm, graduate work

@PhysicsIllinois

, the value of #neutronscattering to understand materials at #nanoscale levels, and why NIST's capabilities serve as a hub connecting industry with fundamental research aip.org/history-progra

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Mar 7

The late Myriam Sarachik of

@CityCollegeNY

describes her turbulent childhood fleeing Belgium, working with Polykarp Kusch

@PhysicsColumbia

, Bell Labs and the Kondo Effect, doped #semiconductors, personal tragedy, God and atheism, and leading

@APSphysics

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John Mather of

recounts childhood in rural New Jersey, college

@swarthmore

, the value of unsuccessful research work

@Berkeley

, COBE, heat radiation, and the #BigBang, winning the

@NobelPrize

, and the origins and excitement of

@NASAWebb

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Paul Grannis of

physics recounts his work on proton spin in Chamberlain's research group at

@BerkeleyPhysics

, ISABELLE at

@BrookhavenLab

, DZero, the top quark and

@Fermilab

after Tevatron, and the potential of the ILC for #particlephysics aip.org/history-progra

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Warren Moos of

remembers the creation of #BCS theory, paramagnetic resonance research

@UmichPhysics

, Gerhard Dieke's work in #rareearth materials, the origins of

@SpaceTelescope

,

@NASA

-

@JHU

partnership, and his interest in #UVspectroscopy aip.org/history-progra

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Mar 3

bj Bjorken remembers the "Western exodus" from

@Harvard

to

@Stanford

in particle physics, thesis research on scattering amplitudes, the November Revolution

, quark/gluon confinement, the E137 axion search

@Fermilab

, and current work in #darkenergy aip.org/history-progra

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Raymond Sawyer of

recounts college days

@swarthmore

, Ramsey's molecular beam lab

@Harvard

, postdoc research

@CERN

on pion decay, quantum field theory with Oppenheimer

@the_IAS

, and the origin story of the

@KITP_UCSB

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Lynnae Quick of

recalls childhood in N.C., the mentorship of Bruce Marsh and Louise Prockter

@JHUEPS

, work with Lori Glaze on #cryovolcanism, research on

@EuropaClipper

, and advances by

@WomenNASA

BlackInGeoscience

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Ed Witten,

of

, describes his interest in #quantuminformation, the work of

@gthooft

in gauge theory and his entree to #stringtheory, current algebra with Steve Weinberg, the origin of M-theory, and "making peace" with the #multiverse aip.org/history-progra

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Feb 27

Charles Zemach recounts his time

@StuyNY

, working with Roy Glauber

@harvardphysics

, research on #neutronscattering following Fermi's delta function interactions, leadership at ACDA on #SALT I/II negotiations, and work on nuclear weapons

@LosAlamosNatLab

SHAFR Historians

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Marshall Baker of

recalls working with Schwinger

@harvardphysics

on the interactions of mesons and nucleons, serving as "house theorist"

, key advances in S-matrix theory, and optimism for breakthroughs in quark-antiquark research aip.org/history-progra

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Cliff Will of

recounts childhood in Ontario, studying with Kip Thorne

, n-body equations of motion - the first post-Newtonian approximation of #generalrelativity, joining

@LIGO

, and the

@NASA

-

@Stanford

collaboration on Gravity Probe-B aip.org/history-progra

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John Norton, of

in

, recounts childhood in Australia and developing his interest in the philosophy of science

@UNSW

, his research on general relativity with

@EinsteinPapers

, and the deep insights derived from #quantummechanics aip.org/history-progra

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Feb 23

Dick Garwin describes his role in the creation of the hydrogen bomb, he discusses his current work on #pandemics, #bioterrorism, and the U.S. nuclear stockpike, and he explains why the genius of Richard Feynman

was singular aip.org/history-progra

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Michael Levin,

of

biology, remembers his early interests in computation and life science, graduate work

@harvardmed

in #geneexpression, the field of bioelectricity, and what #AI means for evolutionary biology aip.org/history-progra

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Feb 21

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein,

@IBJIYONGI

, of

@UofNH

Physics/Astronomy, recounts childhood in LA and her family's commitment to #CivilRights, cultural dislocation

@Harvard

, LQG research with Lee Smolin, being an #MLK fellow

@MIT

, and service to

@NSBPInc

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Feb 20

John Browne, former director of

@LosAlamosNatLab

, recalls undergrad work

@DrexelUniv

and thesis research on atomic beams

@DukePhysics

, his tenure at

@Livermore_Lab

and

@argonne

, the impact of 9/11, the Wen Ho Lee case, and the creation of

@NNSANews

SHAFR Historians

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Feb 19

The late George Wallerstein of

@physicsuw

recalls how the atom bomb fostered his interest in physics, graduate work