Samuel Goudsmit
- Born: July 11, 1902 (The Hague, Netherlands)
- Died: December 4, 1978 (Reno, Nevada)
Education
- 1927: PhD, University of Leiden
Major Positions
- 1927–1932: University of Michigan, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1932–1946: University of Michigan, Professor of Physics
- 1946–1948: Northwestern University, Professor of Physics
- 1948–1970: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Senior Scientist
Other Positions
- 1941–1946: MIT Radiation Laboratory, Researcher
- 1944–1945: Office of Scientific Research and Development, Scientific Head, Operation ALSOS, Office of Field Service
- 1948–1951: New School for Social Research, Lecturer
- 1949–1959: United States Navy Bureau of Ships, Lecturer
- 1951–1966: Physical Review, Managing Editor
- 1952–1960: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Chair, Department of Physics
- 1957–1974: Rockefeller Institute, Visiting Professor
- 1958–1978: Physical Review Letters, Editor
- 1967–1975: Physical Review, Editor-in-Chief
- 1975–1978: University of Nevada, Reno, Visiting Professor
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives, College Park, Maryland
Online Finding Aid
Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, New York
American Philosophical Society Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Online Finding Aid
Oral History Interviews
- 1963: Available Online
- 1976: American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
Resources on the Web
Published Resources
Benjamin Bederson, "Samuel Abraham Goudsmit: 1902-1978", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
Samuel Goudsmit, Alsos (New York: H. Schuman, 1947)
Mark Walker, "Heisenberg, Goudsmit, and the German Atomic Bomb," Physics Today 42 (1989): 52-60
Nadia Robotti, "Quantum Numbers and Electron Spin: The History of a Discovery," Archives Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences 40 (1990): 305-331
Margaret Morrison, "Spin: All is Not What It Seems," Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 38 (2007): 529-557
