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Daniel Kleppner
Born (1932-12-16) December 16, 1932 (age 91)
New York City
Alma materWilliams College (B.A.)
University of Cambridge
Harvard University (Ph.D.)
Known forAtomic physics
SpouseBeatrice Kleppner
AwardsLilienfeld Prize (1991)
Oersted Medal (1997)
Wolf Prize in Physics (2005)
National Medal of Science (2006)
Franklin Institute Award (2014)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsMIT
Thesis The Broken Beam Resonance Experiment[1]  (1959)
Doctoral advisorNorman Ramsey
Doctoral studentsDavid E. Pritchard[citation needed]
William Daniel Phillips[citation needed]
Julia Steinberger[2]
Websiteweb.mit.edu/physics/people/faculty/kleppner_daniel.html

Daniel Kleppner, born 1932, is the Lester Wolfe Professor Emeritus of Physics at MIT and co-director of the MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms. His areas of science include Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, and his research interests include Experimental Atomic Physics, Laser Spectroscopy, and High Precision Measurements.[3] He is the winner of the 2005 Wolf Prize in Physics,[4] the 2007 Frederic Ives Medal, and the 2014 Benjamin Franklin Medal.[5] Prof. Kleppner has also been awarded the National Medal of Science (2006). He was elected the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1986,[6] the French Academy of Sciences in 2004,[7] and the American Philosophical Society in 2007.[8] Together with Robert J. Kolenkow, he authored a popular introductory mechanics textbook for advanced students.[9] Kleppner graduated from Williams College with a B.A. in 1953, Cambridge University with a B.A. in 1955, and Harvard University with a Ph.D. in 1959.[10]

Biography

Parents

Kleppner's father was Otto Kleppner, founder of an advertising agency.[11]

Education and career

Kleppner graduated from Williams College in 1953 in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He also attended Cambridge University in Cambridge, England, and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he attended the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.[citation needed]

In the 1950s, Kleppner became a physics doctoral student at Harvard University, where he worked under Norman Ramsey. Here, Kleppner took the concepts behind an ammonia maser and applied them to a hydrogen maser, which became his Ph.D. thesis. Kleppner did important research into Rydberg atoms.[12] Later he became interested in creating a Hydrogen Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC). In 1995, a group of researchers, including Kleppner's former students, made a BEC using Rubidium atoms. It was not until 1998 until Kleppner and Tom Greytak finally created a Hydrogen BEC.[13]

Books

Kleppner and Robert J. Kolenkow wrote An Introduction to Mechanics in 1973. 40 years later, Kleppner and Kolenkow returned to edit and publish a second edition in 2013.

  • Kleppner, Daniel; Robert J. Kolenkow (1973). An Introduction to Mechanics. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-035048-9.

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ "Harvard Physics PhD Theses, 1954-1970" (PDF). Harvard University Department of Physics. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. ^ Julia Steinberger (2004). Progress towards high precision measurements on ultracold metastable hydrogen and trapping deuterium (PhD thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. hdl:1721.1/28649. OCLC 655586822. Free access icon
  3. ^ MIT Department of Physics
  4. ^ Kleppner awarded international Wolf Prize for physics | MIT News
  5. ^ "Daniel Kleppner". 2014 Franklin Institute Awards. Archived from the original on November 6, 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
  6. ^ "Daniel Kleppner". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  7. ^ "Daniel Kleppner | Liste des membres de l'Académie des sciences / K | Listes par ordre alphabétique | Listes des membres | Membres | Nous connaître". www.academie-sciences.fr. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  8. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  9. ^ "13 BOOK Recommendations on SPECIAL RELATIVITY!!". YouTube. For the Love of Physics. May 25, 2022. review of An Introduction to Mechanics by Kleppner & Kolenkow, 4:08 to 6:46 in video
  10. ^ Daniel Kleppner Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "Otto Kleppner". The New York Times. 1982-08-05. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  12. ^ Daniel Kleppner | MIT150 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology 150th anniversary Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Daniel Kleppner | The Franklin Institute
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