Citizenship USA Fields Physics Role Physicist | Name Francis Sears Spouse Mildred Cornwall | |
Born October 1, 1898
Plymouth, Massachusetts ( 1898-10-01 ) Institutions Massachusetts Institute of Technology Known for University teaching of physics and co-author of a classic textbook of university physics; Debye-Sears effect in acousto-optics Died November 12, 1975, Norwich, Vermont, United States Alma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institution Massachusetts Institute of Technology Books University Physics, Mechanics, heat and sound Similar People Mark Zemansky, Hugh D Young, Roger A Freedman | ||
Francis Weston Sears (October 1, 1898 – November 12, 1975) was an American physicist. He was a professor of physics at MIT for 35 years before moving to Dartmouth College in 1956 and is best known for co-authoring University Physics, an introductory physics textbook, with Mark Zemansky. The book, first published in 1949, is often referred to as "Sears and Zemansky", although Hugh Young became a coauthor in 1973.
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In 1932 he collaborated with Peter Debye in the discovery of what is now called the Debye-Sears effect, the diffraction of light by ultrasonic waves.
Sears was a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, and was active in the American Association of Physics Teachers, serving as its president in 1956.
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