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May 14 In Physics History

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May 14 In Physics History - Births – Physicists born on May 14

Nicholas Kurti (14 May 1908 - 24 Nov 1998)

He was a Hungarian-British physicist and a chef who studied the nuclear cooling experiments that came within a millionth of a degree of absolute zero. His area of interest was ultra-low temperature physics. He also contributed to the Manhattan Project by studying the method to separate the isotopes of uranium. He was also interested in food Science and he combined his hobby as a chef with the study of Physics and chemistry of cooking.

Yuval Ne'eman (14 May 1925 - 26 Apr 2006)

He was an Israeli theoretical physicist who in 1961, devised a method of grouping baryons in such a way that they fell into logical families. It is now known as the Eightfold way. He found it the space program of Israel and also served as the head of Israel’s atomic energy commission.

May 14 In Physics History - Deaths – Physicists died on May 14

William P. Lear (26 Jun 1902 - 14 May 1978)

He was an American aeronautical engineer, inventor, and electrical engineer who founded the world’s first mass-producer of the business jet. He patented more than 100 projects for aircraft radios over a period of 20 years. He also invented the miniature automatic pilot for aircraft, the eight-track stereo tape player, and the first-ever commercial automobile radio.

May 14 In Physics History - Events – Physics Events of May 14

The First US Manned Space Station

On this day, first America’s manned space station “Skylab One” was launched by the United States in 1973. This was the largest payload launched into space and it fell back in the Earth’s atmosphere in July 1979. The Skylab space station cluster consists of Service Module, Orbital Workshop, ATM, and Airlock Module. The solar cell panels convert sunlight into electric power.

April 12 in Physics History

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April 12 in Physics History - Births – Physicists born on April 12

Edward Walter Maunder (12 Apr 1851 - 21 Mar 1928)

He was an English astronomer who first started the British Civil Services Commission examination for the post of photographic and spectroscopic assistant at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. He worked at the observatory for the next forty years measuring the sunspots and checking historic records. He found a lack of reports on sunspots from 1645 to 1715. Instead of questioning this, he started researching and found that there are indeed decades-long times when the sun has very few sunspots. Now we call these periods as Maunder minima.

Ferdinand von Lindemann (12 Apr 1852 - 6 Mar 1939)

He was a German mathematician who proved that π is not a solution to any algebraic equation with a rational coefficient. This explained the insoluble natural or classical Greek mathematical problem of constructing a square with the same area as a given circle using a ruler and compasses alone. He discussed Hermite’s methods that he used to prove that ‘e’ is transcendental. He extended Hermite’s results in 1882 to show that π was also transcendental.

April 12 in Physics History - Deaths – Physicists died on April 12

Charles Messier (26 Jun 1730 - 12 Apr 1817)

He was a French astronomer who first compiled a systematic catalog of “M objects” and discovered 15 comets. His catalog contained nebulae, 103-star clusters, and galaxies. He concluded the alphanumeric names for objects like M1, M2, etc.

Geoffrey F. Chew (5 Jun 1924 - 12 Apr 2019)

He was an American physicist who led the group of S-matrix theorists researching the strong interaction and the bootstrap principle. He was a graduate student of Enrico Fermi. His group calculated the interactions of bound-states without assuming that there is a point-particle field theory underneath.

Igor Tamm (8 Jul 1895 - 12 Apr 1971)

He was a Soviet physicist who shared the Noble Prize with Pavel A  Cherenkov, and Ilya M. Frank for physics for his works in explaining Cherenkov radiation. He developed the theoretical interpretation of the Cherenkov effect which states that the radiation of electrons moves faster than the speed of light through matter. He also developed a method for studying the interaction of nuclear particles and contributed towards the methods for the control of thermonuclear reactions.

April 12 in Physics History - Events – Physics Events of April 12

First Man To Orbit The Earth

On this day, Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the Earth in 1961. The control of the spacecraft was locked to prevent him from taking control of the ship. It had a radio, television, and life-supporting equipment. He ejected and made a planned descent landing with his parachute but the Soviet Union denied this to save its reputation. After 7 years, he died in a plane crash.

The First Yo-Yo Toy In Space

The first yo-yo toy was taken into space in the Space Shuttle Discovery mission 51-D in 1985. With this yellow plastic Duncan Imperial yo-yo, other toys were exhibited during a time in orbit. Astronauts did the tricks with toys but the yo-yo sleeper trick couldn’t work without normal gravity. While spinning, the gyroscope showed exceptional stability. The flywheel slowed without normal gravity.

Space Shuttle Columbia Was Launched

Columbia, the American Space Shuttle was launched into space in 1981. John W. Young was the mission commander.