Percy Williams Bridgman

Percy Williams Bridgman
Bridgman in 1946
Born	(1882-04-21)April 21, 1882 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	August 20, 1961(1961-08-20) (aged 79) Randolph, New Hampshire, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University
Known for	High-pressure physics Operationalism Operational definition
Awards	Rumford Prize (1917) Elliott Cresson Medal (1932) Comstock Prize in Physics (1933) Nobel Prize in Physics (1946) Fellow of the Royal Society (1949)[1] Bingham Medal (1951)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Harvard University
Doctoral advisor	Wallace Clement Sabine
Doctoral students	Francis Birch Gerald Holton John C. Slater Edwin C. Kemble

Percy Williams Bridgman (April 21, 1882 – August 20, 1961) was an American physicist who received the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the physics of high pressures. He also wrote extensively on the scientific method and on other aspects of the philosophy of science.^[2][3][4] The Bridgman effect, the Bridgman–Stockbarger technique, and the high-pressure mineral bridgmanite are named after him.