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physicist

[fiz-uh-sist] / ˈfɪz ə sɪst /


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But in 1970, physicist Stephen Hawking proposed another possibility.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

Jeremy Hansen is a former Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot and physicist who joined the Canadian Space Agency in 2009.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Inspired by a novella by Soviet physicist Georgy Demidov, who chronicled his own harrowing experiences in the gulag from the late 1930s until the early 1950s, “Two Prosecutors” unfolds with ominous efficiency.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

“Sonny” is the nickname of Harold White, an engineer and physicist who has worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Rømer was born at Århus on 25 September 1644, and after studying at the University of Copenhagen he stayed on there as assistant to the physicist and astronomer Erasmus Bartholin.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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