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 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 …

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 …

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1907 was awarded to Albert Abraham Michelson "for his optical precision instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations carried out with …

Using innovative methods, Dr. Michelson uses large healthcare databases to understand emergency department performance and design targeted interventions. Dr. Michelson is also …

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 …

This work kicked off his groundbreaking career in optics, during which Michelson experimentally challenged the existence of ether, invented the interferometer bearing his name, and, in 1907, …

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 …

In 1907, Albert A. Michelson received the Nobel Prize in Physics, becoming the first American to win the award in the sciences and the first of more than 90 University of Chicago-affiliated …

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, …