Mathematician:Percy Williams Bridgman

Mathematician
American physicist awarded for his work on the physics of high pressures.

Wrote extensively on the scientific method and other aspects of the philosophy of science.

Nationality
American

History

 * Born: 21 April 1882 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
 * Died: 20 August 1961 in Randolph, New Hampshire, United States

Publications

 * 1922: Dimensional Analysis
 * 1925: A Condensed Collection of Thermodynamics Formulas
 * 1927: The Logic of Modern Physics
 * 1934: Thermodynamics of Electrical Phenomena in Metals and a Condensed Collection of Thermodynamic Formulas
 * 1936: The Nature of Physical Theory
 * 1938: The Intelligent Individual and Society
 * 1941: The Nature of Thermodynamics
 * 1952: The Physics of High Pressure
 * 1952: Studies in large plastic flow and fracture: with special emphasis on the effects of hydrostatic pressure
 * 1959: The Way Things Are
 * 1962: A Sophisticate's Primer of Relativity
 * 1964: Collected experimental papers
 * 1980: Reflections of a Physicist
 * 1964: Collected experimental papers
 * 1980: Reflections of a Physicist