E. Richard Cohen
Emanuel Richard Cohen (born December 14, 1922 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American physicist .
Cohen graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's degree in 1943, was then assistant instructor there until 1944 and researched acoustics and electronics at Caltech from 1944 . There he received his master’s degree in 1946 and received his doctorate in physics in 1949. From 1949 to 1955 he was a physicist at the North American Rockwell Corporation and then again at Caltech.
He was founding chairman of the CODATA Task Group on Fundamental Constants and chairman of the IUPAP Commission on Fundamental Constants. He dealt with the measurement of fundamental physical constants, theory of measurement, molecular spectroscopy and theory of nuclear reactors. In 1968 he received the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Prize and in 1994 the Sunamco Medal of the IUPAP. Cohen is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science .
Fonts
- with Jesse DuMond : The fundamental constants of atomic physics , Handbuch der Physik , Volume 35, 1957
- with Jesse DuMond: Our Knowledge of the Fundamental Constants of Physics and Chemistry in Reviews of Modern Physics , Volume 37, 1965, pp. 537-594
- Editor with David Lide, George Trigg: Physicist's Desk Reference , AIP (American Institute of Physics), 2003
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cohen, E. Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cohen, Emanuel Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania |