Bridgman, Percy Williams (1882–1961)
American physicist who won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physics for his investigation
of substances at very high pressures. His work led to the production of
synthetic diamonds (1955). In the philosophy
of science he championed the view that scientific terms are only meaningful
if they can be given "operational definitions." His books include The
Nature of Modern Physics (1927); his collected papers were published
in 1964. From 1919 he was a professor at Harvard University.
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