Albert Abraham Michelson
American physicist and Nobel laureate
ποΈDecember 19, 1852 - May 9, 1931
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πBiography
Albert Abraham Michelson was an American physicist known for his work on measuring the speed of light and especially for the MichelsonβMorley experiment. In 1907 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics, the first American to do so.
πMajor Works & Achievements
- β¦Nobel Prize in Physics (1907)
- β¦Michelson-Morley experiment
- β¦Precise measurement of speed of light
π¬Famous Quotes
"My greatest fun is just to mess about.
"If you're going to be a physicist, you're going to have to learn to count.
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