Post by Jaga on Jul 25, 2007 23:31:37 GMT -7
In the quiz from Chris there was a question about interferometer. Of course it was invented by Michelson but... I had no idea that he was born in Poland. He left Poland with his parents when he was just 2.
Here is a list of Polish-Jewish scientists. Many of them received Novel prizes:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Polish_Jews
Scientists
Herman Auerbach, mathematician (Jewish father)
Salomon Bochner, mathematician
Baruch Brent (now Leslie Brent), immunologist
Jacob Bronowski, scientist & broadcaster, works: algebraic geometry
Georges Charpak, physicist, Nobel Prize (1992)
Samuel Eilenberg, mathematician: category theory
Kasimir Fajans, physicist
Salo Finkelstein, mental calculator
Roald Hoffmann (1937 - ) chemist & writer, Nobel Prize winner (1981)[21]
Leopold Infeld, physicist
Mark Kac, mathematician
Hilary Koprowski, immunologist
Abraham Lempel, computer scientist: LZW compression
Adolf Lindenbaum, logician
Benoît Mandelbrot, mathematician: fractals
Szolem Mandelbrojt, mathematician
Albert Abraham Michelson, physicist,[22] Nobel Prize in Physics
Herman Müntz, mathematician
Jakub Natanson, chemist
Emil Leon Post, mathematician
Mojzesz Presburger, logician
Alfred Pringsheim, mathematician
Isidor Isaac Rabi, physicist, Nobel prize
Tadeus Reichstein, chemist, Nobel Prize (1950)
Stanislaw Saks, mathematician
Albert Sabin, inventor of the oral Polio vaccine
Andrew V. Schally, endocrinologist, Nobel Prize (1977) (Jewish father)
Juliusz Schauder, mathematician
Hugo Steinhaus, mathematician
Abraham Sztern (1762-1842), inventor, he made important contributions to the construction of mechanical calculators
Ary Sternfeld, a founder of astronautics
Alfred Tarski, mathematician, logician
Stanislaw Ulam, mathematician
Social sciences
Solomon Asch, Gestalt psychologist
Zygmunt Bauman, bad sociologist
Ivan Bloch, military writer
Alain Finkielkraut, French philosopher
Henryk Grossman, economist
Joseph Jastrow, psychologist (Jewish father)
Michal Kalecki, economist
Paul Radin, anthropologist
Milton Rokeach, psychologist
Manfred Sakel, neurophysiologist & psychiatrist
Adam Schaff, philosopher
Avraham Stern, famous Zionist
Pawe³ Œpiewak, sociologist, politician
Michel Thomas, language teacher
Ludwik Zamenhof, ophthalmologist and inventor of Esperanto
Here is a list of Polish-Jewish scientists. Many of them received Novel prizes:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Polish_Jews
Scientists
Herman Auerbach, mathematician (Jewish father)
Salomon Bochner, mathematician
Baruch Brent (now Leslie Brent), immunologist
Jacob Bronowski, scientist & broadcaster, works: algebraic geometry
Georges Charpak, physicist, Nobel Prize (1992)
Samuel Eilenberg, mathematician: category theory
Kasimir Fajans, physicist
Salo Finkelstein, mental calculator
Roald Hoffmann (1937 - ) chemist & writer, Nobel Prize winner (1981)[21]
Leopold Infeld, physicist
Mark Kac, mathematician
Hilary Koprowski, immunologist
Abraham Lempel, computer scientist: LZW compression
Adolf Lindenbaum, logician
Benoît Mandelbrot, mathematician: fractals
Szolem Mandelbrojt, mathematician
Albert Abraham Michelson, physicist,[22] Nobel Prize in Physics
Herman Müntz, mathematician
Jakub Natanson, chemist
Emil Leon Post, mathematician
Mojzesz Presburger, logician
Alfred Pringsheim, mathematician
Isidor Isaac Rabi, physicist, Nobel prize
Tadeus Reichstein, chemist, Nobel Prize (1950)
Stanislaw Saks, mathematician
Albert Sabin, inventor of the oral Polio vaccine
Andrew V. Schally, endocrinologist, Nobel Prize (1977) (Jewish father)
Juliusz Schauder, mathematician
Hugo Steinhaus, mathematician
Abraham Sztern (1762-1842), inventor, he made important contributions to the construction of mechanical calculators
Ary Sternfeld, a founder of astronautics
Alfred Tarski, mathematician, logician
Stanislaw Ulam, mathematician
Social sciences
Solomon Asch, Gestalt psychologist
Zygmunt Bauman, bad sociologist
Ivan Bloch, military writer
Alain Finkielkraut, French philosopher
Henryk Grossman, economist
Joseph Jastrow, psychologist (Jewish father)
Michal Kalecki, economist
Paul Radin, anthropologist
Milton Rokeach, psychologist
Manfred Sakel, neurophysiologist & psychiatrist
Adam Schaff, philosopher
Avraham Stern, famous Zionist
Pawe³ Œpiewak, sociologist, politician
Michel Thomas, language teacher
Ludwik Zamenhof, ophthalmologist and inventor of Esperanto