Albert Abraham Michelson (December 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931) was an American experimental physicist known for his work on measuring the speed of light and especially for the Michelson–Morley …

Dec 15, 2025 · A.A. Michelson was a German-born American physicist who established the speed of light as a fundamental constant and pursued other spectroscopic and metrological investigations.

Michelson resigned in 1929 to work at the Mount Wilson Observatory, Pasadena. During his career, Michelson touched on many departments of physics but, perhaps due to a special instinct which he …

Mar 5, 2024 · The Michelson Prizes: Next Gen grants reward early-career investigators using disruptive concepts and inventive processes for human immunology research.

The nineteenth century physicist, Albert Abraham Michelson, was the first American to be awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics. He became famous for his establishment of the speed of light as a …

Michelson maintained a teaching career as a professor of physics at various institutions, beginning that career at the Naval Academy in 1875. He was the second American citizen, and the first American …

May 17, 2024 · Michelson was a prolific contributor to scientific periodicals, and his most well-known are “Velocity of Light” (1902), “Light Waves and their Uses” (1899-1903) and “Studies in Optics” (1927).

One of Michelson’s most notable achievements was the precise measurement of the speed of light. Albert Michelson conducted multiple measurements of the velocity of light throughout his career.

MICHELSON, ALBERT ABRAHAM (19 Dec. 1852-9 May 1931), the first American to win a Nobel prize in the sciences (physics, 1907), was born in Strelno, Prussia (Strzelno, Poland), the son of Rosalie …

Mar 16, 2025 · The Michelson interferometer (invented by the American physicist Albert A. Michelson, 1852–1931) is a precision instrument that produces interference fringes by splitting a light beam into …