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physicist

[fiz-uh-sist] / ˈfɪz ə sɪst /


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"The reason we became interested in stadium waves is that, apparently, people very often behave like particles," physicist Illes Farkas told the NPR network.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

The firm's approach to this is based on exploiting the properties of a so-called quasi-particle, which had existed only in theory, since it was first predicted in the 1930s by Italian physicist Ettore Majorana.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Beside it is the pale blue flight jacket of Sally Ride, a physicist who in 1983 became the first American woman in space.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

In 1996, physicist Alan Sokal published a hoax article full of trendy academic nonsense in the journal Social Text.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

He was a physicist at the university, and Petra knew he’d been worried about his job.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett




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