This Biography is about one of the best Physicists Albert A.Michelson including his Height, weight, Age & Other Detail…
| Biography Of Albert A.Michelson | |
| Real Name | Albert A.Michelson |
| Profession | Physicists |
| Nick Name | Albert Abraham Michelson |
| Famous as | Physicist |
| Nationality | American |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Personal life of Albert A.Michelson | |
| Born on | 19 December 1852 |
| Birthday | 19th December |
| Died At Age | 78 |
| Sun Sign | Sagittarius |
| Born in | Strzelno, Kingdom of Prussia (modern Poland) |
| Died on | 09 May 1931 |
| Place of death | Pasadena, California |
| Spouses/Partners | Edna Stanton (m. 1899-1931), Margaret Heminway (m. 1877-1897) |
| Children | Albert Heminway Michelson, Dorothy Michelson, Elsa Michelson, Madeleine Michelson, Truman Michelson, Beatrice Michelson |
| Education | United States Naval Academy (1869 -1873), Lowell High School (1868), Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Awards | 1907 – Nobel Prize in Physics
1907 – Copley Medal 1919 – Henry Draper Medal |
| 1912 – Elliott Cresson Medal
1903 – Matteucci Medal 1923 – Franklin Medal 1923 – Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society 1888 – Rumford Prize |
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| Personal Fact of Albert A.Michelson | |
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Albert Abraham Michelson was the first American scientist who received the Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on finding the speed of light. He designed and developed a device named interferometer which could split a beam of light into two parts. The two parts of the same beam traveled at right angles to each other and were then brought together again. With his fellow scientist Edward Williams Morley he carried out an experiment with this device which is known as the Michelson-Morley experiment. The experiment helped him to conclude that the speed of light is 299,853 km per second. This figure remained the same for almost fifty years till he was able to design another device which produced a more accurate result. The speed of light was determined this time as 299,798 km per sec which was refined further to 299, 774 km per sec. He was also able to measure for the first time the size of the star Betelgeuse to be 386,160,000 km with another special interferometer. He was unable to live to see the final results of his final experiment on the velocity of light which has been standardized. He also determined the length of the standard meter with the red light emitted by hot cadmium. |
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