List of Jewish American physicists

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This is a list of notable Jewish American physicists. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.

• Stephen Brunauer, Hungarian physicist who came to United States to study sciences. Inventor of BET theory and porous Portland cement.
• Albert Einstein, German-born, later naturalized American theoretical physicist who is known for developing the theory of relativity. Nobel Prize (1921).
• Richard P. Feynman, physicist, Nobel Prize (1965) (though he always refused to appear in lists such as this one and other lists or books that classified people by race ^{[1] [2] [3]} )
• Cornelius Lanczos, mathematical physicist ^[4]
• Albert A. Michelson, who measured the speed of light, and disproved the existence of the luminous ether. ^{[5] [ circular reference ]}
• J. Robert Oppenheimer, "the father of the atomic bomb"
• Carl Sagan, one of the most prominent astrophysicists who is known for his research on the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
• Eric Weinstein (born 1965), mathematical physicist ^[6]
• Victor Frederick Weisskopf (1908–2002), physicist; during World War II, he worked at Los Alamos on the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb, and later campaigned against the proliferation of nuclear weapons ^[7]

See also

• List of members of the National Academy of Sciences
• List of National Medal of Science winners

References

1. Don't You have Time to Think?, Richard P. Feynman (Edited by Michelle Feynman), Penguin Book, 2006, pages 234-236, in letters answering Tina Levitan, and considering her book Jewish Winners of the Nobel Prize an "adventure in prejudice"
2. The Daily Telegraph
3. "Richard Feynman". Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved March 7, 2008.
4. "Lanczos biography". Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
5. Albert A. Michelson
6. "Eric Weinstein may have found the answer to physics' biggest problems | Marcus du Sautoy". the Guardian. May 23, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
7. "Growing up in Vienna in a well-to-do Jewish family..." "One of the most brilliant Jewish scientists to be driven from Germany by Nazi persecution..."