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Melba Newell Phillips (February 1, 1907 – November 8, 2004) was an American physicist and a pioneer science educator. One of the first doctoral students of J. Robert Oppenheimer at the University of California, Berkeley, Phillips completed her PhD in 1933, a time when few women could pursue careers in science.
Nov 18, 2004 · CHICAGO, Nov. 17 - Melba Phillips, a University of Chicago physicist and a pioneer in science education who trained under J. Robert Oppenheimer and was thrown out of work for years during the...
Melba Newell Phillips was an American physicist and a pioneer science educator. One of the first doctoral students of J. Robert Oppenheimer at the University of California, Berkeley, Phillips completed her PhD in 1933, a time when few women could pursue careers in science.
Sep 13, 2016 · Melba Phillips: Leader in Science and Conscience Part One. Indiana native Melba Newell Phillips pioneered new physics theories, studied under the famous J. Robert Oppenheimer, worked passionately to improve science education, and advocated for women’s place at the forefront of science research.
Apr 18, 2024 · Melba Phillips, who grew up on a farm in Indiana at the turn of the 20th century, was one of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s first graduate students at the University of California, Berkeley....
Emerita Professor of Physics, University of Chicago. Coauthor of Classical Electricity and Magnetism. Primary Contributions (1) electromagnetic radiation.
Feb 1, 2019 · The physicist was an accomplished nuclear theorist, textbook author, and educator. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.6.6.20190201a. Born on 1 February 1907 in Hazelton, Indiana, Melba Phillips was a physicist and leading science educator. Phillips graduated from high school at age 15.
Today, the 5th of December, 1977, I’m visiting with Melba Phillips, who has kindly consented to share with me her recollections of the path by which she came to the study of physics and some of her experiences as a physicist and a teacher of physics.
Jul 24, 2023 · Physicist and educator Dr. Melba Phillips of Pike County, Indiana was an esteemed colleague of J. Robert Oppenheimer and important innovator in her own right. The two young scientists introduced a foundational physics principle, the Oppenheimer-Phillips Process, before taking separate paths.
In this interview, Melba Phillips discusses: Bryn Mawr College; group theory; Oppenheimer-Phillips process; Maria Goeppert-Mayer; teaching physics; Brooklyn College; her experience as a woman in physics; Freda Friedman Salzman; George Salzman; University of Minnesota; Frank Oppenheimer; Leo Nedelsky; Dave Bohm; Harvard University; Radcliffe ...
