P. W. Bridgman

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/P._W._Bridgman

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Elliott_Cresson_Medal gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics gptkb:Rumford_Prize gptkb:Bingham_Medal gptkb:Roebling_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate	1882-04-21
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath	suicide
gptkbp:deathDate	1961-08-20
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Randolph,_New_Hampshire,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:Wallace_Clement_Sabine
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:field	physics
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Percy_Williams_Bridgman
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	P. W. Bridgman
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Bridgman_seal high-pressure physics operationalism Bridgman effect
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American
gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation	for the invention of an apparatus to produce extremely high pressures, and for the discoveries he made therewith in the field of high pressure physics
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear	1946
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:The_Logic_of_Modern_Physics gptkb:Reflections_of_a_Physicist A Syllabus of Physics The Nature of Thermodynamics
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Olive_Ware
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Ice_VII
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