Bernard Lippmann
Bernard Lippmann | |
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| Born | Bernard Abram Lippmann August 18, 1914 |
| Died | February 12, 1988 (aged 73) |
| Alma mater | New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering (BS) University of Michigan (MS) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Known for | Lippmann-Schwinger equation |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Radiation Laboratory (MIT) United States Naval Research Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory New York University Goddard Institute for Space Studies |
| Doctoral advisor | Julian Schwinger |
Bernard Abram Lippmann. (August 18, 1914 – February 12, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist. A former professor of physics at New York University, Lippmann is mainly known for the Lippmann-Schwinger equation, a widely used tool in non-relativistic scattering theory, which he formulated together with his doctoral supervisor Julian Schwinger