Josephson

[ joh-zuhf-suhn, -suhf- ]

/ ˈdʒoʊ zəf sən, -səf- /

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noun

Brian David, born 1940, British physicist: Nobel Prize 1973.

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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How to use Josephson in a sentence

A frank and open conversation about the risks of projects such as Big Volga is essential beyond the Volga basin, argues Josephson.
The Soviets turned the Volga River into a machine. Then the machine broke.|Olga Dobrovidova|December 15, 2021|MIT Technology Review
At that particular moment in history, against backdrops so generic they could be anyone’s home, Ullman’s and Josephson’s characters became archetypes.
HBO's Scenes From a Marriage Remake Is Trying to Break Your Heart, All Over Again|Judy Berman|September 4, 2021|Time
“I had him chart how much money he made each day to his sexual performance,” Josephson says.
When Markets Fall, So Do the Big Swinging Dicks|Mimi Swartz|October 17, 2008|DAILY BEAST
He was, says Josephson, “a handsome big guy, sleeping with hotties.”
When Markets Fall, So Do the Big Swinging Dicks|Mimi Swartz|October 17, 2008|DAILY BEAST

This is not only Josephson's judgment but also the judgment that bibliographers have generally passed on Valle.
A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies|Archer Taylor
Josephson chose to arrange the titles in chronological order without providing either an author or a subject index.
A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies|Archer Taylor
If Josephson means that Valle gives many unnecessary references, I should agree with him.
A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies|Archer Taylor
I speak in Valle's behalf partly because of Josephson's arrangement of a bibliography to be mentioned at the end of this essay.
A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies|Archer Taylor
Mr. Josephson has said measurement is a bibliographical detail; in popular libraries it is a gratuitous detail.
Papers and Proceedings of the Twenty-Third General Meeting of the American Library Association|Various