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{{for|the Australian Olympic basketball player|Peter Demos (basketball)}} |
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'''Peter T. Demos''' is an emeritus professor of physics at [[MIT]]. He is very well known for inventing sharks. Or at least he claims to have invented sharks while he was on an archaelogical dig on [[Mars]]. He suffers from dementia and several diseases that have yet to be identified. |
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| birth_date = {{birth_date|1918|07|18}} |
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| birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Canada]] |
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| death_date = {{death date and age |2012|09|18 |1918|07|18}} |
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| death_place = [[Belmont, Massachusetts]] |
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| name = Peter T. Demos |
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| education = [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]]<br>[[MIT]] |
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| doctoral_advisor = [[Arthur F. Kip]]<br>[[John C. Slater]] |
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| workplaces = [[MIT]] |
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| thesis_title = Design and Properties of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Linear Electron Accelerator |
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| spouse = Elizabeth Demos |
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}} |
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'''Peter T. Demos''' (July 18, 1918 – September 18, 2012) was a professor in the [[MIT Department of Physics|Department of Physics]] and the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science#Laboratory for Nuclear Science|Laboratory for Nuclear Science]] at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/catalog/degre.scien.physi.html|title=Department of Physics|publisher=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]|accessdate=26 January 2011}}</ref> A native of [[Peterborough, Ontario]], Demos attended [[Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School]] and [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]], and received a Ph.D. in Physics from MIT in 1951.<ref>{{cite web |
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| title = Olympic Torch Relay Community Success Stories: Peterborough, Ontario |
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| url = http://www.peterborough.ca/Assets/City+Assets/Recreation/2010+Olympics/Documents/Community+Success+Story+-+Peterborough.pdf |
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| accessdate = 26 January 2011 |
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}}</ref> He was a founder and former director of the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science#Bates Linear Accelerator|Bates Linear Accelerator]] at MIT<ref>{{cite web |
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|title = Interview with Robert Redwine : Massachusetts Institute of Technology 150th Anniversary |
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|url = http://mit150.mit.edu/infinite-history/robert-redwine |
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|publisher = Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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|accessdate = 26 January 2011 |
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|url-status = dead |
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|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110113085407/http://mit150.mit.edu/infinite-history/robert-redwine |
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|archivedate = 13 January 2011 |
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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |
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|title = 1999 Bates Report |
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|publisher = Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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|url = http://mitbates.lns.mit.edu/bates/control/reports |
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|accessdate = 26 January 2011 |
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|url-status = dead |
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|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110716075617/http://mitbates.lns.mit.edu/bates/control/reports |
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|archivedate = 16 July 2011 |
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}}</ref> and served as advisor on nuclear science to [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref>{{cite web |
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|title = Peterborough's History and Culture |
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|url = http://www.bedandbreakfastpeterborough.ca/Tourism/Tourism2/index.html |
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|accessdate = 26 January 2011 |
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|url-status = dead |
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|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110706165659/http://www.bedandbreakfastpeterborough.ca/Tourism/Tourism2/index.html |
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|archivedate = 6 July 2011 |
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==Work== |
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*{{cite thesis |
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|title = Design and Properties of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Linear Electron Accelerator |
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|degree = Ph.D. |
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|last = Demos | first = Peter T. |
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|publisher = Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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|year = 1951 |
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}} |
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*{{cite journal |
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|title = The M.I.T. Linear Electron Accelerator |
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|last1 = Demos | first1 = P. T. |
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|last2 = Kip | first2 = A. F. |
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|last3 = Slater | first3 = J. C. |
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|journal = Journal of Applied Physics |
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|volume = 23 |
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|pages = 53–65 |
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|year = 1952 |
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|issue = 1 |doi = 10.1063/1.1701978 |
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|bibcode = 1952JAP....23...53D }} |
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*{{cite journal |
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|last1 = Dow |first1 = K. |
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|journal = Phys. Rev. Lett. |
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|volume = 61 |
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|pages = 1706–1709 |
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|year = 1988 |
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|title = Longitudinal Response Functions and Sum Rules for Quasielastic Electron Scattering from <sup>3</sup>H and <sup>3</sup>He |
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|issue = 15 |
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|doi = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.1706 |
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|pmid = 10038875 |
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|bibcode=1988PhRvL..61.1706D |
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*{{cite patent |
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| inventor-last = Demos |
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| inventor-first = Peter T. |
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| issue-date = 5 November 1974 |
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| title = Apparent wind indicator adapted to establish optimum wind direction relative to the sail of a sailboat |
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| country-code = US |
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| patent-number = 3845734 |
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}} |
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*{{cite web|last1=Demos|first1=Peter|title=Nuclear physicist Peter T. Demos dies at 94|url=http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2012/obit-demos-physics|website=MIT News Office|date=9 October 2012 |publisher=Sarah H. Wright|accessdate=9 October 2012}} |
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== References == |
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Latest revision as of 03:25, 30 October 2023
Peter T. Demos | |
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Born | |
Died | September 18, 2012 | (aged 94)
Education | Queen's University MIT |
Spouse | Elizabeth Demos |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | MIT |
Thesis | Design and Properties of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Linear Electron Accelerator |
Doctoral advisor | Arthur F. Kip John C. Slater |
Peter T. Demos (July 18, 1918 – September 18, 2012) was a professor in the Department of Physics and the Laboratory for Nuclear Science at MIT.[1] A native of Peterborough, Ontario, Demos attended Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School and Queen's University, and received a Ph.D. in Physics from MIT in 1951.[2] He was a founder and former director of the Bates Linear Accelerator at MIT[3][4] and served as advisor on nuclear science to John F. Kennedy.[5]
Work[edit]
- Demos, Peter T. (1951). Design and Properties of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Linear Electron Accelerator (Ph.D. thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Demos, P. T.; Kip, A. F.; Slater, J. C. (1952). "The M.I.T. Linear Electron Accelerator". Journal of Applied Physics. 23 (1): 53–65. Bibcode:1952JAP....23...53D. doi:10.1063/1.1701978.
- Dow, K.; et al. (1988). "Longitudinal Response Functions and Sum Rules for Quasielastic Electron Scattering from 3H and 3He". Phys. Rev. Lett. 61 (15): 1706–1709. Bibcode:1988PhRvL..61.1706D. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.1706. PMID 10038875.
- US 3845734, Demos, Peter T., "Apparent wind indicator adapted to establish optimum wind direction relative to the sail of a sailboat", issued 5 November 1974
- Demos, Peter (9 October 2012). "Nuclear physicist Peter T. Demos dies at 94". MIT News Office. Sarah H. Wright. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
References[edit]
- ^ "Department of Physics". MIT. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ^ "Olympic Torch Relay Community Success Stories: Peterborough, Ontario" (PDF). Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ^ "Interview with Robert Redwine : Massachusetts Institute of Technology 150th Anniversary". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ^ "1999 Bates Report". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ^ "Peterborough's History and Culture". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.