Michelson
Light speed measurer
Michelson is a surname, most associated with Albert A.
Michelson (1852–1931), the physicist who first accurately measured the speed of light and conducted the famous Michelson-Morley experiment that helped disprove the luminiferous ether.
His name appears in scientific terms: the Michelson interferometer splits light beams to measure tiny distances or detect gravitational waves.
Scientist of matter and energy
- U.S. Naval AcademyNaval officer training college
- University of ChicagoPrivate research institution, Illinois
- spectroscopyStudy of light-matter interaction
- metrologyScience of precise quantification
Celebrated achievement recipient
- 1907Date, twentieth century's start
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- StockholmSweden's seat of government
medal · honors · distinction
Determining size or amount
Instrument measuring wave interference
- beam splitterDivides incident light
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
- monochromaticOf one hue
- wavefrontSurface of equal phase
physicist
Scientist of matter and energy
- U.S. Naval AcademyNaval officer training college
- University of ChicagoPrivate research institution, Illinois
- spectroscopyStudy of light-matter interaction
laureate
Celebrated achievement recipient
- 1907Date, twentieth century's start
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
Stockholm · medal · honors · distinction
measurement
Determining size or amount
interferometer
Instrument measuring wave interference
- beam splitterDivides incident light
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
- monochromaticOf one hue
wavefront · interference · light beam · recombination · phase shift
- Optics Historytelescope, microscope, lens, prism, refraction
- scientistsbiologist, Einstein, anthropologist, Darwin, chemist
Michelsontheoretical physicist
Scientist modeling physical phenomena abstractly
theorist · Einstein · Albert Einstein · Maxwell · Dirac