Robert Adair (physicist)

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Robert Kemp Adair

Residence United States
Nationality American
Fields Physics
Institutions University of Wisconsin–Madison
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Yale University

Dr. Robert Adair is Sterling Professor Emeritus of physics at Yale University. [1][2][3]

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[edit] Biography

Adair served in the European theatre after volunteering for World War II and was awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze star. After achieving a doctorate in experimental nuclear physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison he worked at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Long Island. In 1959 he joined the faculty at Yale, serving as chair of the Department of Physics and director of the Division of Physical Sciences. Later, he studied the effects of weak electromagnetic fields on human health.

[edit] Books and Baseball

Adair, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, is known for authoring The Physics of Baseball [4][5] as well as a paper titled The Crack of the Bat: The Acoustics of the Bat Hitting the Ball [6]. His studies into baseball may have stemmed from a request from former Yale President A. Bartlett Giamatti to know what the scientific significance of corking a bat, wetting a ball and other similar baseball issues were.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dave Sheinin (2006-12-23). Thrown for a Loop, Matsuzaka's Mystery Pitch, the Gyroball, Is an Enigma Wrapped in Horsehide. The Washington post.
  2. ^ James Glanz (2001-06-26). [THE_URL The Crack of the Bat: Acoustics Takes On the Sounds of Baseball]. The New York Times.
  3. ^ William Clyde DeVane Medalsare awarded to two scientists. Yale Bulletin & Calander author = (2006-03-26).
  4. ^ Carl T. Hall (2003-06-05). Study: Doctored bats go 2 percent farther. San Francisco Chronicle.
  5. ^ Scott Veale (2002-06-12). New & Noteworthy Paperbacks. The New York Times.
  6. ^ Chistopher Lehmann-Haupt (1990-01-29). Books of The Times;The Crack of the Bat, the Curve of the Ball. New York Times.

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