Electron Magnetic Moment Anomaly
Measures a deviation of the electron magnetic moment from the simplest Dirac prediction, providing another key test for quantum electrodynamics.
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Electron Magnetic Moment Anomaly Measured
Polykarp Kusch's precision measurements challenged the simplest magnetic moment prediction for the electron. Its significance included improved measurement or operational reliability.
German Economic Council
The US & British authorize the German Economic Council, the basis for self-Government
Golden Age of Gospel
Singer Mahalia Jackson inaugurates "golden age of gospel music"
Hibbing
Moves with his family to Hibbing, Minnesota.
House of Representatives
First elected Republican member of the US House of Representatives
Hydrogen Lamb Shift Measured
Willis Lamb and Robert Retherford observed a small separation between atomic energy levels previously treated as degenerate. The advance provided methods later adopted by other engineers.
Independence of Germany
The British support Byrnes proposals, Russia & France do not support them. Invites the other 3 German occupying powers to join their zones together
Independence of United States of America
The British support Byrnes proposals, Russia & France do not support them. Invites the other 3 German occupying powers to join their zones together
Industrialist Cases Examine Corporate Complicity
The Flick, IG Farben and Krupp proceedings test individual responsibility for forced labour, plunder and corporate participation in the Nazi war economy.
Institute For Advanced Study
Oppenheimer accepted an offer from Lewis Strauss to take up the directorship of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey
International Trade Mart Managing Director
Shaw became managing director of the developing International Trade Mart in New Orleans after returning from military service.
Lamb Shift
With Robert Retherford, measures a small shift between hydrogen electron energy levels that becomes a decisive test of quantum electrodynamics.
Lamb Shift Calculation
Calculates the radiative correction explaining the measured shift between hydrogen electron energy levels.
Lamb Shift Measurement
With Willis Lamb, measures the small separation between hydrogen electron levels predicted equal by Dirac theory.
Little Lost Robot
Asimov published Little Lost Robot, investigating modified robotic safeguards and their unforeseen risks.
merican Association for the Advancement of Science
Appointed President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Point-Contact Transistor
With John Bardeen, demonstrates transistor amplification by controlling electron and hole flow through a germanium semiconductor.
Secretary
Appointed Secretary of State for Defence
Secretary of State
Appointed Secretary of State
Semiconductor Surface States
Explains how electronic surface states affect semiconductor behaviour, helping guide the Bell Labs transistor experiments.
Singapore Supper Club
Opens the Singapore Supper Club
Streetcar Named Desire Broadway Premiere
Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire premiered on Broadway, depicting Blanche DuBois's fraught arrival in New Orleans.
Synchrotron Radiation from Electrons
Participates in the first observation of visible synchrotron radiation emitted by relativistic electrons circulating in a synchrotron.
The 200-Inch Telescope and Its Scientific Problems
Hubble publishes an assessment of the 200-inch Hale telescope and the astronomical problems it could address, outlining how the larger aperture would extend extragalactic observations beyond Mount Wilson's limits.
The Lady from Shanghai
Directs, "The Lady from Shanghai"
The Struggle
Publication of "The Struggle for the World"
The Struggle for the World
Publication of "The Struggle for the World"
Truman Doctrine
Uses the Truman Doctrine to defend US interests in Germany against Russian expansion
Unification
Invites the other 3 German occupying powers to join their zones together
Unification
The US & British authorize the German Economic Council, the basis for self-Government
Uses the Truman Doctrine
Uses the Truman Doctrine to defend US interests in Germany against Russian expansion
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