Robert Adair (physicist)

Robert Adair (physicist)

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nationality = American
field = Physics
work_institutions = University of Wisconsin–Madison
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Yale University
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Dr. Robert Adair is Sterling Professor Emeritus of physics at Yale University. cite web| url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/22/AR2006122201678_pf.html | title = Thrown for a Loop, Matsuzaka's Mystery Pitch, the Gyroball, Is an Enigma Wrapped in Horsehide | date = 2006-12-23 | publisher = The Washington post | author = Dave Sheinin] cite web| url = THE_URL| title = The Crack of the Bat: Acoustics Takes On the Sounds of Baseball| date = 2001-06-26| publisher = The New York Times| author = James Glanz] cite web| url = http://web.archive.org/web/20060914000124/http://www.yale.edu/opa/v34.n21/story10.html| title = William Clyde DeVane Medalsare awarded to two scientists| date = 2006-03-26| publisher = Yale Bulletin and Calendar]

Biography

Adair served in the European theatre after volunteering for World War II and was awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze star. After achieving a doctorate in experimental nuclear physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison he worked at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Long Island. In 1959 he joined the faculty at Yale, serving as chair of the Department of Physics and director of the Division of Physical Sciences. Later, he studied the effects of weak electromagnetic fields on human health.

Books and Baseball

Adair, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, is known for authoring "The Physics of Baseball" cite web| url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/06/05/SP279885.DTL| title = Study: Doctored bats go 2 percent farther| date = 2003-06-05| publisher = San Francisco Chronicle| author = Carl T. Hall] cite web| url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1DC1330F932A15754C0A9649C8B63| title = New & Noteworthy Paperbacks| date = 2002-06-12| publisher = The New York Times| author = Scott Veale] as well as a paper titled "The Crack of the Bat: The Acoustics of the Bat Hitting the Ball" cite web| url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE1DA143CF93AA15752C0A966958260| title = Books of The Times;The Crack of the Bat, the Curve of the Ball| date = 1990-01-29| publisher = New York Times| author = Chistopher Lehmann-Haupt] . His studies into baseball may have stemmed from a request from former Yale President A. Bartlett Giamatti to know what the scientific significance of corking a bat, wetting a ball and other similar baseball issues were.

References

External links

* [http://www.smartcapper.com/book_the_physics_of_baseball.html "The Physics of Baseball" review]
* [http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/science_news/4256812.html Popular Mechanics Interview]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE1DA143CF93AA15752C0A966958260 "The Crack of the Bat, the Curve of the Ball" Review at The New York Times]


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