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Encyclopedia > Carl Wieman
Carl Edwin Wieman
Carl Wieman (left) and Eric Cornell (right) on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus
Carl Wieman (left) and Eric Cornell (right) on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus
Born March 26, 1951 (age 56)
Corvallis, Oregon
Nationality American
Institution University of British Columbia
Alma mater MIT
Stanford
Known for Creating the first true Bose-Einstein condensate
Notable prizes Lorentz Medal (1998)

Nobel Prize in Physics (2001) Download high resolution version (504x655, 62 KB)Eric Cornell (right) and Carl Wieman (left), Nobel Prize winners in physics. ... Eric Allin Cornell (born December 19, 1961) is a physicist who, along with Carl E. Wieman, was able to synthesize Bose-Einstein condensate in 1995. ... The University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder, UCB officially[2]; Colorado, CU colloquially) is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Motto: Enhancing Community Livability Map Political Statistics Founded 1845 Incorporated 1857 County Benton County Mayor Helen Berg Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 22. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Canadian public university with its main campus located at Point Grey in the unincorporated Electoral Area A, immediately west of Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT, MapúaTech or simply Mapúa) is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila. ... The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in an unincorporated area of Santa Clara County. ... A Bose–Einstein condensate is a phase of matter formed by bosons cooled to temperatures very near to absolute zero (0 kelvins or -273. ... Lorentz Medal is an award given every four years by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. ... Image File history File links Nobel. ... Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ...

Carl Edwin Wieman (born March 26, 1951) is a Nobel-prize winning American physicist at the University of British Columbia who (with Eric Allin Cornell), in 1995, produced the first true Bose-Einstein condensate. Wieman joined the University of British Columbia physics faculty on January 1st, 2007 and is heading a well-endowed science education program there; he retains a 20% appointment at CU to head the science education project he founded in Colorado.[1] March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... ... The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Canadian public university with its main campus located at Point Grey in the unincorporated Electoral Area A, immediately west of Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Carl Wieman (left) and Eric Cornell (right) on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus Eric Allin Cornell (born December 19, 1961) is a physicist who, along with Carl E. Wieman, was able to synthesize the first Bose-Einstein condensate in 1995. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Bose–Einstein condensate is a phase of matter formed by bosons cooled to temperatures very near to absolute zero (0 kelvins or -273. ... The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Canadian public university with its main campus located at Point Grey in the unincorporated Electoral Area A, immediately west of Vancouver, British Columbia. ... The University of Colorado at Boulder (CU or CU-Boulder) is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system. ...


In a Time magazine article (April 10, 2000), Wieman was quoted, "We get to within a billionth of a degree of absolute zero." (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... One billionth the reciprocal of a billion, which means it has one of two definitions depending on whether the long scale or short scale definition is being used. ... The Kelvin scale is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale where absolute zero—the lowest possible temperature where nothing could be colder and no heat energy remains in a substance—is defined as zero kelvin (0 K). ... Absolute zero is the lowest possible temperature where nothing could be colder, and no heat energy remains in a substance. ...


Wieman was born in Corvallis, Oregon and graduated from Corvallis High School. Wieman earned his B.S. in 1973 from MIT and his PhD. from Stanford University in 1977; he was also given a Doctorate of Science (Honorary) from the University of Chicago in 1997. He was awarded the Lorentz Medal in 1998. In 2001, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Cornell and Wolfgang Ketterle. In 2004, he was named United States Professor of the Year among all doctoral and research universities. Motto: Enhancing Community Livability Map Political Statistics Founded 1845 Incorporated 1857 County Benton County Mayor Helen Berg Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 22. ... Corvallis High School, commonly shortened to CHS, is a public high school located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. ... A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. ... Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT, MapúaTech or simply Mapúa) is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila. ... Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph. ... The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in an unincorporated area of Santa Clara County. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... D.Sc. ... The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lorentz Medal is an award given every four years by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... Wolfgang Ketterle (born October 21, 1957, in Heidelberg, Germany) is a German physicist and a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


In the last several years, Wieman has been particularly involved with efforts at improving science education and has conducted educational research on science instruction. Wieman currently serves as Chair of the Board on Science Education of the National Academy of Sciences. He has used and promotes Eric Mazur's pedagogical system called "peer instruction", where teachers repeatedly ask multiple-choice concept questions during class, and students reply on the spot with little wireless "clicker" devices. If a large proportion of the class chooses a wrong answer, students discuss among themselves and reply again.[2] Science education is the field concerned with sharing science content and process with individuals not traditionally considered part of the scientific community. ... President Harding and the National Academy of Sciences at the White House, Washington, DC, April 1921 The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine. ... Eric Mazur holds a triple appointment as Harvard College Professor, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics, and Professor of Physics at Harvard University. ... Pedagogy, the art or science of being a teacher, generally refers to strategies of instruction, or a style of instruction[1]. The word comes from the Ancient Greek παιδαγωγέω (paidagōgeō; from παῖς (child) and ἄγω (lead)): literally, to lead the child”. In Ancient Greece, παιδαγωγός was (usually) a slave who supervised the education... Multiple choice (MCQ) questions or items are a form of assessment item for which respondents are asked to select one or more of the choices from a list. ...


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External links

  • 2001 Nobel Physics Winners
  • Nobel Autobiography
  • Globe and Mail Article
  • Carl E. Wieman Patents

Selected publications

  • Donley, Elizabeth A.; Neil R. Claussen, Simon L. Cornish, Jacob L. Roberts, Eric A. Cornell1 and Carl E. Wieman (19 July 2001). "Dynamics of Collapsing and Exploding Bose−Einstein Condensates". Nature 412: 295-299. 
  • Walker, Thad; David Sesko and Carl Wieman (1990). "Collective Behavior of Optically Trapped Neutral Atoms". Phys. Rev. Lett. 64 (4): 408–411. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.408. 
  • Tanner, Carol E.; Carl Wieman (1988). "Precision Measurement of the Hyperfine Structure of the 133Cs 6P3/2 State". Phys. Rev. A 38 (3): 1616–1617. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.38.1616. 
Persondata
NAME Wieman, Carl Edwin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Physicist
DATE OF BIRTH 1951-3-26
PLACE OF BIRTH Corvallis, Oregon
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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Carl Wieman | Nuclear Physicist (293 words)
Wieman gives credit to a young grade seven teacher, Ron Tobias, for instilling in him an interest in science.
Wieman has publicly credited his success as a physicist to his wife, Sarah, who worked in his lab and edited much of his writing.
Carl Wieman received his Nobel Prize in Physics in 2001 for his work with creating BEC.
Carl Wieman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (295 words)
Carl Edwin Wieman (born March 26, 1951) is a Nobel-prize winning American physicist of the University of Colorado at Boulder who (with Eric Allin Cornell), in 1995, produced the first true Bose-Einstein condensate.
Wieman earned his B.S. in 1973 from MIT and his PhD.
In 2007 Wieman will join the University of British Columbia physics faculty and will head a well-endowed science education program there; he will retain a 20% appointment at CU to head the science education project he founded in Colorado.
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