Ronald Drever
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Ron Drever | |
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Born | Ronald William Prest Drever 26 October 1931[1] Beeshoptoun, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK |
Dee'd | 7 Mairch 2017[1] Edinburgh, Scotland, UK | (aged 85)
Naitionality | Breetish |
Citizenship | Breetish |
Alma mater | Varsity o Glesga (PhD) |
Kent for | Laser stabilizing technique Pioneering laser interferometric gravitational wave observation. |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Pheesics, Laser pheesics, Experimental Gravitation |
Institutions | Californie Institute o Technology, Varsity o Glesga |
Thesis | Studies of orbital electron capture uisin proportional coonters (1959) |
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Ronald William Prest Drever (26 October 1931 – 7 Mairch 2017) wis a Scots experimental pheesicist.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ a b "Caltech Mourns the Passing of LIGO Co-founder Ronald W. P. Drever". Whitney Clavin. Caltech. 8 Mairch 2017. Retrieved 10 Mairch 2017.