High pressure as a probe of the solid state
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 (United States)
It is a great pleasure and honor to receive the Percy Williams Bridgman Award. Henry Eyring, my Ph.D. advisor, instilled in me a desire to unravel the secrets of nature in the chemical and physical world. He continued what my mother had begun. From my father I learned the virtue and satisfaction of hard work. In reading Percy Bridgman's [ital The] [ital Physics] [ital of] [ital High] [ital Pressure] [1] after I came to Cornell, I became intrigued by the high-pressure variable, so I owe much to him. I received valuable assistance and encouragement from George Kennedy and Harry Drickamer (the first winner of the Bridgman Award) and later from Alvin Van Valkenburg (a co-inventor with three others of the diamond anvil cell). Most importantly, I received encouragement from my wife, Enid Seaton Ruoff, to carry out what is sometimes the arduous pursuit of science---a pursuit that involves long working hours---and I want especially to thank her. [copyright] 1994 American Institute of Physics
- OSTI ID:
- 7168316
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-921145--
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States), Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States) Vol. 309:1; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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