Michael Berry
Michael Berry · Science & Medicine
Physicist; discovered the geometric (Berry) phase in quantum mechanics
1941, Surrey, England, UK
United Kingdom (Bristol)
Michael Berry is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; discovered the geometric (Berry) phase in quantum mechanics
Berry, born in England to a Jewish family, discovered in 1984 the geometric phase (now called the Berry phase), showing that a quantum system carried slowly around a cycle retains a measurable memory of its path, independent of time and energy. The concept now appears throughout optics, condensed-matter physics and beyond.
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Physicist; discovered the geometric (Berry) phase in quantum mechanics
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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