- Saul Dushman
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birth_date =July 12 ,1883
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death_date =July 7 ,1954
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footnotes =Saul Dushman (1883-1954) was a Russian-American physical
chemist .Dushman was born on
July 12 ,1883 inRostov ,Russia ; he immigrated to theUnited States in 1891. He received a doctorate from theUniversity of Toronto in 1912. That year, he joined the Research Laboratory ofGeneral Electric Company (GE). He would work at GE for the rest of his career except for a 1922-1925 stint as the Research Division director at Edison Lamp Works. His main research interests werequantum mechanics ,electromotive force ,atomic structure ,electron emission , unimolecular force, andhigh vacuum , and he authored several standard science textbooks.His research on
thermionic emission is remembered in the form of the Richardson-Dushman equation.He died in
Scotia, New York onJuly 7 ,1954 .References
* http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9031599/Saul-Dushman
* http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/d8101.htmExternal links
* [http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/d8101.htm Saul Dushman papers]
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