Percy Williams Bridgman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Percy Williams Bridgman

American physicist

Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1882

Place of Birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 20-Aug-1961

Profession: physicist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Percy Williams Bridgman (21 April 1882 – 20 August 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.
The Bridgman effect and the Bridgman–Stockbarger technique are named after him.