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Happer, William, Jr

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Happer, William, Jr (1939– )

US atomic physicist and optical engineer. He made major contributions to the fields of optics, laser spectroscopy, and spin polarization. He worked in Columbia University (1964–80), where he invented the miniaturized resonance magnetometre (1977). He joined the faculty of Princeton University (1980–91), then moved to the US Department of Energy (1991). Happer was born in Vellore, India, to a US medical missionary and a Scottish medical military officer. His mother brought him home to North Carolina in 1941.



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