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Kenneth Geddes "Ken" Wilson (June 8, 1936 – June 15, 2013) was an American theoretical physicist and a pioneer in using computers for studying particle physics. He was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on phase transitions —illuminating the subtle essence of phenomena like melting ice and emerging magnetism.
David Gordon Wilson outside his home workshop, 2005. David Gordon Wilson (11 February 1928 – 2 May 2019) [1] was a British-born engineer who served as a professor of engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. [2] Born in Warwickshire, England, Wilson went to the US on a post-doctoral fellowship in ...
James "Jim" Ricker Wilson (October 21, 1922, Berkeley, California – August 14, 2007, Livermore, California) was an American theoretical physicist, known for his pioneering research in numerical relativity and numerical relativistic hydrodynamics.
David Edward Pritchard (born October 15, 1941) [2] is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who specializes in atomic physics and educational research. Career [ edit ]
David Campbell Wilson is an American screenwriter, probably best known for creating The Perfect Weapon and Supernova. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He also credited for the screenplay of Terminator Salvation in early promotional material, but not for the final cut of the film.
David G. Willey (born 4 November 1947), known as the Mad Scientist, is an English former physics instructor at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown [1] in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He has been presenting physics shows since the early 1980s. Willey is a scientific consultant for the skeptics group, C.S.I. (Committee for Skeptical Inquiry). [2]
David Jeffrey Griffiths (born December 5, 1942) is an American physicist and educator. He was on the faculty of Reed College from 1978 through 2009, becoming the Howard Vollum Professor of Science before his retirement. He wrote three highly regarded textbooks for undergraduate physics students.
David Hildebrand Wilson is the co-founder, along with his wife, Diana Wilson, [1] of the enigmatic Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles, California. [ 2 ] After high school, Wilson enrolled at Kalamazoo College where he majored in urban entomology with a minor in art. [ 3 ]