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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

He said he was "very busy" trying to balance caring with studying his A-levels, as he hopes to become a nuclear physicist, as well as supporting other young carers.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

In 1931, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein was spending his first winter at Caltech, and he wrote to a friend, “Here in Pasadena, it is like Paradise. Always sunshine and clear air …”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

If that seems like a mouthful, here’s the takeaway from researchers themselves: Allen Scheie, a physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, says the result “raises the bar for what can be expected from quantum computers.”

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Reginald James, the physicist, tinkered with the ship’s primitive radio.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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