迈克耳孙:科学革命漩涡中的一位常规科学家

Michelson:a normal scientist in the whirlpool of scientific revolution

迈克耳孙是美国科学事业的开拓者之一,他获得了1907年的诺贝尔物理奖,是美国历史上第一位诺贝尔科学奖获得者.他目睹了相对论与量子力学的建立过程,但是作为一位常规科学家他对经典物理学情有独钟.他的学术生涯有些与众不同,他获得诺贝尔奖不无争议,他是漠视理论类实验物理学家的代表人物.研究他的诸多方面有助于加强对科学革命过程的深入理解.

Albert Abraham Michelson was one of the pioneers of the American scientific cause. He won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1907. He was the first Nobel Prize winner in American history. He witnessed the process to establish relativity and quantum mechanics, but as a normal scientist, he did not want to discard any knowledge of classical physics. His academic career in some degree were difference from others, he won the Nobel Prize but not without controversy, he was the representative personage of experimental physicist who had no interest in theo- ry. Researching these aspects of Michelson could be good helpful for deeply understanding the process of scientific revolution.