About Francis Sears
Lived 1898 – 1975 (aged 77). Francis Sears was an American physicist, known for Ultrasonic grating and University Physics.
Francis Weston Sears (October 1, 1898 – November 12, 1975) was an American physicist and instructor who was authored multiple textbooks in physics. At Dartmouth, Sears was the Appleton Professor of Physics. In 1961, the AAPT awarded him with the Oersted Medal in recognition of his skill as a teacher of physics.
He retired to Norwich, Vermont and died in Hanover, New Hampshire, of a stroke on November 12, 1975. He was 77 years old.
2nd edition, 1953 Sears, Francis W. (1950). Mechanics, heat and sound. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Addison Wesley.
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American physicist (1898–1975)
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Francis Sears was born on 1 October 1898 in Plymouth.
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Francis Sears died on 12 November 1975 in Hanover (NH).
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Francis Sears was a physicist.
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Francis Sears was known for Ultrasonic grating and University Physics.
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