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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

A physicist by trade, he has held senior leadership roles at Google and Amazon, and has headed several venture capital-funded start-ups.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

In 1969, as a young physicist, Leibowitz interviewed for a job at Salomon Brothers with Sidney Homer, the brilliant dean of the bond business.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Taking a break in the Tinian officers’ club with Serber and Phil Morrison, a theoretical physicist from Berkeley, he remembered Ryokichi Sagane and his two-year sojourn at the Rad Lab.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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