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physicist

a person versed in or studying physics
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physicist

[′fiz·ə‚sist]
(physics)
A person who does research in physics.
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On August 22, a group of physicists who wagered that the LHC would quickly confirm the theory settled a 16-year-old bet.
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Concurring with this idea, the American physicists believe the notion that mass and energy should be related did not originate solely with Hasenohrl.
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But he convincingly argues that physicists have awarded it disproportionate attention, given its limitations and uncertainties.
At a time when more nuclear physicists are needed to develop technologies for homeland security and meet expected growth in the nuclear power industry, the nation's universities are producing fewer of these researchers, cautions Ed Hartouni, a physicist at California's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
His theories, and those of other physicists, led Einstein to believe that science could unlock the promise of E=[mc.sup.2].
In this highly readable book, Watts explains how sociologists, mathematicians, physicists, and experts from other disciplines converged to explore the new field of networks and "small-world" models.
Let's be honest, physicists liked the eternal universe - no God, no beginnings, just physics forever.
IN THE DECADES AFTER Hiroshima, most of the physicists who had conceived and built the first fission weapons and their thermonuclear successors had the grace to admit that there might be some drawbacks to their achievement.
"Theoretical physicists are not known for their modesty.
Physicists, The Comedy in two acts by Durrenmatt, Friedrich, performed and published in German as Die Physiker in 1962.