Harold Lyons
Harold Lyons · Science & Medicine
Physicist; developed the first atomic clock
1913, Buffalo, New York, USA — 1998, Los Angeles, USA
United States
Harold Lyons is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; developed the first atomic clock
Harold Lyons was an American physicist who, at the National Bureau of Standards in 1948–49, led the team that built the first working atomic clock, an ammonia-based device that launched the era of atomic timekeeping and the modern definition of the second. He is listed among Jewish physicists by Jewish biographical sources, though his own biographies do not detail his religious identity.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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Physicist; developed the first atomic clock
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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