Dennis Sciama (1926-99)
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Physicist Dennis Sciama was a student of Paul Dirac. Like Dirac, he became extremely interested in Mach's principle, and developed a theory of gravity that incorporated this principle. He became a firm believer in the Bondi-Gold-Hyle steady-state theory, and played a role in developing observational tests of that theory. He taught at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Texas, and then at the International School of Advanced Studies in Trieste, Italy. He had a wide range of interests, including the structure of radio sources and quasars and the thermodynamics of black holes.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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Robert Rathbun Wilson (1914-2000)
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Physicist Robert Wilson's key scientific achievement was developing and constructing accelerators of ever greater energy. He first became interested in accelerators at Cornell University in 1947. He later constructed the first working model of a strong-focusing synchrotron, and was a driving force behind accelerator technology at Cornell. In 1967, he became leader of the new proton synchrotron to be constructed at Batavia, IL. His great determination finally produced the Tevatron and was responsible for the leading position held by Fermilab.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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Mark Oliphant (1901-2000)
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An obituary of Australian physicist Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant is presented.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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