Edward Uhler Condon (2 Maret 1902 – 26 Maret 1974) adalah seorang fisikawan nuklir Amerika, pelopor mekanika kuantum, dan partisipan dalam pengembangan radar dan senjata nuklir pada Perang Dunia II sebagai bagian dari Proyek Manhattan. Prinsip Franck–Condon dan aturan Slater–Condon mengambil sebutan dari namanya.
| Edward Uhler Condon | |
|---|---|
| Lahir | 2 Maret 1902 Alamogordo, New Mexico, AS |
| Meninggal | 26 Maret 1974 (umur 72) Boulder, Colorado, AS |
| Warga negara | Amerika Serikat |
| Almamater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Dikenal atas | Riset radar dan senjara nuklir, target McCarthyisme |
| Karier ilmiah | |
| Bidang | Fisika |
| Pembimbing doktoral | Raymond Thayer Birge |
Ia merupakan direktur National Bureau of Standards (sekarang NIST) dari 1945 sampai 1951. Pada 1946, Condon menjadi presiden American Physical Society, dan pada 1953 menjadi presiden American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Referensi sunting
- Edward Condon was elected as a member of the US National Academy of Sciences in 1944.
- Edward Uhler Condon was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 1928
- Branscomb, Lewis M. (June 1974). . Physics Today. 27 (6): 68. Bibcode:1974PhT....27f..68B. doi:10.1063/1.3128661. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2013-09-27. Diakses tanggal 2016-10-23.
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- Morse, Philip M (1976). "Edward Uhler Condon: 1902 - 1974" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences.
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- Wang, Jessica (June 1992). "Science, Security, and the Cold War: The Case of E. U. Condon". Isis. 83 (2): 238–269. doi:10.1086/356112.
- Wheeler, John Archibald (1998). Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics. New York: W.W. Norton.
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Wikiquote memiliki koleksi kutipan yang berkaitan dengan: Edward Condon.
- Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Resources: Annotated Bibliography for Edward Condon 2010-08-04 di Wayback Machine.
- American Institute of Physics: Oral history interview transcript with Edward Uhler Condon 17 October 1967, 27 April 1968 & 11 September 1973, Niels Bohr Library & Archives 2015-01-12 di Wayback Machine.
- Oregon State University: Key Participants: Edward Condon - Linus Pauling and the International Peace Movement: A Documentary History
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Feb 1955, statements of Condon, Corning Glass, and the Atomic Scientists of Chicago, concerning Condon's resignation from Corning
- National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir