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physicist

[fiz-uh-sist] / ˈfɪz ə sɪst /


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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

Millions of readers bought Hawking’s 1988 book, “A Brief History of Time,” eager to learn from the brilliant physicist, who had first gained prominence studying singularities and black holes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

In 1974, Caltech physicist John Schwarz and French physicist Joël Scherk recognized that string theory could also include gravity.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

This law was discovered in 1787 by Jacques-Alexandre Charles, a French physicist already famous for being the first to fly aboard a hydrogen balloon.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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