Michelson
Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel Prize 1907.
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Michelson says the least-risky choice is sending your kids to daycare but not introducing any weekend plans.
My Kids Are in Daycare. How Should That Affect My Family's Social Distancing Strategy? | Jamie Ducharme | February 11, 2021 | Time“It would be really sad,” Michelson says, “to have one of the people you love get sick knowing that if you had waited five or six months, things would be different.”
COVID Questions: How Should My Family Handle a Coronavirus Christmas? | Jamie Ducharme | December 8, 2020 | TimeFor whatever solace it’s worth, though, Michelson says she can imagine a possible return to group gatherings by next summer, with effective vaccines seemingly headed toward approval.
COVID Questions: How Should My Family Handle a Coronavirus Christmas? | Jamie Ducharme | December 8, 2020 | TimeIf your aunt and uncle do make the trip, they—just like any traveler—should try to quarantine for 10 to 14 days pre-flight, Michelson says.
COVID Questions: How Should My Family Handle a Coronavirus Christmas? | Jamie Ducharme | December 8, 2020 | TimeIf he then goes to see more relatives, he risks infecting even more people, Michelson says.
COVID Questions: How Should My Family Handle a Coronavirus Christmas? | Jamie Ducharme | December 8, 2020 | Time
The first, by the choreographer Sarah Michelson, consisted of several dancers walking backward in circles for well over an hour.
And it is not merely a principle which it is a question of saving, it is the indubitable results of the experiments of Michelson.
The means have been varied; finally Michelson pushed precision to its last limits; nothing came of it.
This time the compensation is rigorous, and this it is which explains Michelson's experiment.
I went to Mrs. Michelson's room, and found Fanny in a corner, with her box by her side, crying bitterly.
The Woman in White | Wilkie CollinsI don't send for you to make objections, Mrs. Michelson—I send for you to carry out my plans of economy.
The Woman in White | Wilkie Collins
British Dictionary definitions for Michelson
/ (ˈmaɪkəlsən) /
Albert Abraham. 1852–1931, US physicist, born in Germany: noted for his part in the Michelson-Morley experiment: Nobel prize for physics 1907
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Scientific definitions for Michelson
[ mī′kəl-sən ]
German-born American physicist who (with Edward Morley) disproved the existence of ether, the hypothetical medium of electromagnetic waves. Their work served as the starting point for Albert Einstein's development of the theory of relativity.
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