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John J. Hopfield

Polish-American spectroscopist (1891-1953) · United States · Scientists · Died at 61

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John Joseph Hopfield was a Polish-American physicist. Hopfield's published research included vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy and solar ultraviolet spectroscopy. He was the discoverer of the "Hopfield bands" of oxygen and co-discoverer of the "Lyman-Birge-Hopfield bands" of nitrogen.

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Guggenheim Fellowship1928

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John Joseph Hopfield was a Polish-American physicist. Hopfield's published research included vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy and solar ultraviolet spectroscopy. He was the discoverer of the "Hopfield bands" of oxygen and co-discoverer of the "Lyman-Birge-Hopfield bands" of nitrogen. For about a decade he was an industrial physicist working with technologies for fabricating glass windows, and was the inventor listed on several related patents.

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Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1891 to 1953 · aged 61

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