Douglas
Osheroff (born 1945) is a physicist known for his work in experimental
condensed matter physics, in particular for his co-discovery of
superfluidity in Helium-3.
For his contributions he shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics along with David Lee and Robert C. Richardson.
Osheroff joined the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics at Cornell University as a graduate student, doing res
earch
in low-temperature physics. Together with David Lee, the head of the
laboratory, and Robert C. Richardson, Osheroff used a Pomeranchuk cell
to investigate the behaviour of 3He at temperatures within a few
thousandths of a degree of absolute zero. They discovered unexpected
effects in their measurements, which they eventually explained as phase
transitions to a
superfluid phase of 3He. Lee, Richardson and
Osheroff were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1996 for
this discovery.
Douglas Osheroff was selected to serve on the Space
Shuttle Columbia investigation panel, serving much the same role as
Richard Feynman did on the Space Shuttle Challenger panel.
He
currently serves on the board of advisers of Scientists and Engineers
for America, an organization focused on promoting sound science in
American government.
"I certainly have no idea of what God might be,
if he was some great deity that created the universe and defined the
physical laws...umm, so be it. But I personally doubt that that God
intervenes in my own life."
Douglas Osheroff (physicist)
Douglas
Osheroff (born 1945) is a physicist known for his work in experimental
condensed matter physics, in particular for his co-discovery of
superfluidity in Helium-3.
For his contributions he shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics along with David Lee and Robert C. Richardson.
Osheroff joined the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics at Cornell University as a graduate student, doing res
For his contributions he shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics along with David Lee and Robert C. Richardson.
Osheroff joined the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics at Cornell University as a graduate student, doing res
earch
in low-temperature physics. Together with David Lee, the head of the
laboratory, and Robert C. Richardson, Osheroff used a Pomeranchuk cell
to investigate the behaviour of 3He at temperatures within a few
thousandths of a degree of absolute zero. They discovered unexpected
effects in their measurements, which they eventually explained as phase
transitions to a
superfluid phase of 3He. Lee, Richardson and Osheroff were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1996 for this discovery.
Douglas Osheroff was selected to serve on the Space Shuttle Columbia investigation panel, serving much the same role as Richard Feynman did on the Space Shuttle Challenger panel.
He currently serves on the board of advisers of Scientists and Engineers for America, an organization focused on promoting sound science in American government.
"I certainly have no idea of what God might be, if he was some great deity that created the universe and defined the physical laws...umm, so be it. But I personally doubt that that God intervenes in my own life."
Douglas Osheroff (physicist)
superfluid phase of 3He. Lee, Richardson and Osheroff were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1996 for this discovery.
Douglas Osheroff was selected to serve on the Space Shuttle Columbia investigation panel, serving much the same role as Richard Feynman did on the Space Shuttle Challenger panel.
He currently serves on the board of advisers of Scientists and Engineers for America, an organization focused on promoting sound science in American government.
"I certainly have no idea of what God might be, if he was some great deity that created the universe and defined the physical laws...umm, so be it. But I personally doubt that that God intervenes in my own life."
Douglas Osheroff (physicist)
