Samuel Tolansky
| Samuel Tolansky | |
|---|---|
| Born | Samuel Turlausky 17 November 1907 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England |
| Died | 4 March 1973 (aged 65) |
| Nationality | British |
| Institutions |
University of Manchester Royal Holloway College University of London |
| Alma mater |
Durham University Armstrong College |
| Doctoral advisor | William Lawrence Bragg |
| Known for | Optics, Interferometry, testing material from Apollo 11 |
| Notable awards |
C. V. Boys Prize Fellow of the Royal Society |
Samuel Tolansky born Turlausky,DThPT PhD (Dunelm) PhD (Lond) DSc (Manc) FRAS FRSA FInstP FRS (17 November 1907 — 4 March 1973) He was nominated for a Nobel Prize, has a crater on the moon named after him near the Apollo 14 landing site and he was a principal investigator to the NASA lunar project known as the Apollo program.
His parents were Lithuanian-born Jews.
He met his wife, Ottilie Pinkasovich (1912–1977), in Berlin where he was conducting research and she attending the Berlin Academy of Art. They married in 1935.
His early education was in Newcastle, first at Snow Street Primary School and then Rutherford College, a Boys' School, 1919-25.
He then attended Armstrong College, at the time part of Durham University, and later Kings College, Durham. In 1928 he was awarded a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree with first class honours from Durham University. He also obtained a Diploma in the Theory and Practice of Teaching, 1928-29 with top first class honours. Afterwards he researched at Armstrong College from 1929-31 under Prof. W.E. Curtis FRS.
He then attended the Physikalisch-Technische Reichanstalt in Berlin under Prof. F. Paschen and several spectroscopists where he learnt how to make high-reflectivity films by evaporation. Also in Berlin he met his future wife.
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