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Pupin

American  
[pyoo-peen, poo-peen] / pjuˈpin, ˈpu pin /

noun

  1. Michael Idvorsky 1858–1935, U.S. inventor, physicist, and author, born in Serbia.


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In November 1949 Chien-Shiung Wu and her graduate student, Irving Shaknov, descended to a laboratory below Columbia University's Pupin Hall.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 16, 2023

HG Wells predicted nuclear weapons 30 years before it became a reality But there were bad misses - certainly for Michael Pupin, the physicist - who predicted the equitable distribution of wealth.

From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2010

Since Consul Karovitch will shortly return to Jugoslavia, Professor Pupin addressed to him a warm personal farewell.

From Time Magazine Archive

The late, great Michael Pupin marveled not only at the imaginative brilliance of his mind but also at his extraordinary physical grace, especially marked in the deftness of his hands.

From Time Magazine Archive

Professor Pupin sees no reason why the whole skeleton of the human body should not be shown completely in a photograph as soon as sufficiently powerful bulbs can be obtained.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 by Various

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