Mark Zemansky
Mark Waldo Zemansky | |
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| Born | May 5, 1900 |
| Died | December 29, 1981 (aged 81) |
| Alma mater | City College of New York (B.S., 1921) Columbia University (Ph.D., 1927) |
| Known for | University Physics Wu experiment |
| Spouse | Adele |
| Awards | 1956 Oersted Medal of the American Association of Physics Teachers |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Particle physics Low temperature physics Education |
| Institutions | City College of New York (1925-1967) |
| Thesis | The Diffusion of Imprisoned Resonance Radiation In Mercury Vapor (1927) |
| Doctoral advisor | Harold Worthington Webb |
| Notable students | Jay Gregory Dash, Bernard Feld, Herman Feshbach, Herbert Goldstein, William Havens, Robert Herman, Robert Hofstadter, Leon M. Lederman, William Nierenberg, Arno Penzias, Frank Press, Julian Schwinger, Gary Steigman, Leonard Susskind |
Mark Waldo Zemansky (May 5, 1900 – December 29, 1981) was an American physicist. He was a professor of physics at the City College of New York for decades and is best known for co-authoring University Physics, an introductory physics textbook, with Francis Sears. The book, first published in 1949, is often referred to as "Sears and Zemansky", although Hugh Young became a coauthor in 1973.