Biography:Francis Sears
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Francis Weston Sears | |
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| Born | October 1, 1898 Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | November 12, 1975 (aged 77) Norwich, Vermont, United States |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | University teaching of physics and co-author of a classic textbook of university physics; Debye-Sears effect in acousto-optics |
| Spouse(s) | Mildred Cornwall |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dartmouth College |
Francis Weston Sears (October 1, 1898 – November 12, 1975) was an United States physicist.[1] He was a professor of physics at MIT for 35 years before moving to Dartmouth College in 1956 [2] and is best known for co-authoring University Physics, an introductory physics textbook, with Mark Zemansky. The book, first published in 1949, is often referred to as "Sears and Zemansky", although Hugh Young became a coauthor in 1973.
In 1932 he collaborated with Peter Debye in the discovery of what is now called the Debye-Sears effect, the diffraction of light by ultrasonic waves.[3][4]
Sears was a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, and was active in the American Association of Physics Teachers, serving as its president in 1956.
Awards
- 1961 — Oersted Medal of the American Association of Physics Teachers
Books
- Sears, Francis et al. (1991). College Physics (7th ed.). Addison Wesley.
- Sears, Francis (1958). Mechanics, Wave Motion, and Heat (1st ed.). Addison Wesley.
- Sears, Francis W. (1935). An Introduction to Optics. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.
- Francis W. Sears (1975). Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory, and Statistical Thermodynamics. Addison Wesley. ISBN 020106894X.
- Sears, Francis W. (1950). An Introduction to Thermodynamics, the Kinetic Theory of Gases and Statistical Mechanics. Addison Wesley.
- Sears, Francis W. (1950). Mechanics, heat and sound. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Addison Wesley.
- Sears, Francis W. (1946). Electricity and Magnetism. Reading, Massachusetts. Addison-Wesley
See also
- MIT Physics Department
References
- ↑ Zemansky, Mark W. (February 1976). "Francis W. Sears". Physics Today 29 (2): 65. doi:10.1063/1.3023329. Bibcode: 1976PhT....29b..65Z. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20130928080058/http://www.physicstoday.org/resource/1/phtoad/v29/i2/p65_s2?bypassSSO=1.
- ↑ "Biographical notes", Journal of the Optical Society of America, 66(12): 1446
- ↑ Descendants of Richard Sears - Eighth Generation
- ↑ Debye-Sears ultrasonic cell
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