Robert S. Shankland
| Robert S. Shankland | |
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| Born |
11 January 1908 Willoughby, Ohio, USA |
| Died | 1 March 1982 (aged 74) Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Alma mater |
Case School for Applied Sciences University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | Arthur Compton |
| Known for |
Compton scattering History of modern physics |
Robert Sherwood Shankland (January 11, 1908 – March 1, 1982) was an American physicist and historian.
Robert S. Shankland was an undergraduate at the Case School for Applied Sciences from 1925–1929 and received his master's degree in 1933. He completed his Ph.D. degree in 1935 for work on photon scattering with Arthur Compton at the University of Chicago. His other research included work on the ionosphere and standard frequency regulations from 1929–1930 with the US National Bureau of Standards, and worked in England on sonar for submarine warfare early in World War II.
Shankland's report on the Albert A. Michelson's Irvine Ranch experiments was published in 1933. In the British journal Nature, Shankland gave the historical background of how Einstein formulates the first two principles, in 1905, of the special theory of relativity from the Michelson-Morley experiment. Shankland believed that the accepted direct explanation for the Michelson-Morley experiment is provided by the special theory of relativity given by Einstein in 1905. Shankland recorded that Michelson's Santa Ana trip was to look at the science of the aether.
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