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Robert A. Millikan

2015-12-04T15:58:52Z

Miglesias6: /* Major Scientific Contributions */

By Maria Iglesias

[[File:robertmillikan.jpg|right|frame]]
==Biography==

Robert Andrews Millikan was born March 22, 1868 in Morrison, Illinois. He attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, graduating with a degree in classics in 1891. After teaching elementary physics for two years, Millikan went back to school to earn his doctorate in physics from Columbia University. He earned his Ph.D. in 1895, being the first person to do so from that department. Millikan married Greta Ervin Blanchard in 1902. The couple had three children: Clark Blanchard, Glenn Allen, and Max Franklin. In 1908, he became an assistant at the University of Chicago where he later became a professor. Millikan later went on to be the director of the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics at the California Institute of Technology in 1921. Robert Millikan died on December 19, 1953 in San Marino, California at the age of 85.

==Major Scientific Contributions==

===Oil Drop Experiment===

[[File:oildrop.jpg|Oil Drop Experiment|left|frame]]

In 1909, Millikan worked with assistant Harvey Fletcher to create the oil drop experiment.The pair were able to find the charge of electron as well as the smallest unit of an electron charged that can be quantized. In this experiment, oil was sprayed onto a plate with a hole. Droplets of oil fell through the whole into a chamber with electrically charged plates. These plates emitted x-rays that caused the negatively charged oil drops to either fall at a slower rate, stop or rise. By comparing the velocity's of the charged and non-charged drops, Millikan and Fletcher found that all the negatively charged particles had a charged that was multiple of 1.6e-19 coloumbs. Millikan won a Nobel Prize in 1923 for his work on this experiment.

===Photoelectric Effect===

In 1905, Albert Einstein published describing the particle-like qualities of light known as the photoelectric effect. Millikan did not agree with this idea, since previously light had only been described as a wave. To test this Einstein's theory, he created an experiment in light bulb. The machine he designed was a lightbulb with a wheel inside that had 3 cylinders of metals on it: sodium, lithium and potassium. The wheel rotated inside, a metal would be shaved down by a knife and the cylinder was rotated toward a light using an electromagnet. The results concluded that Einstein was correct.

[[File:milli.jpg|right|frame| Photoelectric Effect]]

==Fun Facts==

1. Millikan was also known for his talks about the relationship between science and religion.

2. During WWII, he had a large role in designing anti-submarine and meteorological devices.

3. He holds honorary degrees from 25 institutions.

4. Millikan was a tennis enthusiast.

===External links===

https://www.aip.org/history/gap/Millikan/Millikan.html

http://uudb.org/articles/robertmillikan.html

==References==

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoelectric_effect

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1923/millikan-bio.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_drop_experiment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Andrews_Millikan

Robert A. Millikan

2015-12-04T15:57:57Z

Miglesias6: /* External links */

By Maria Iglesias

[[File:robertmillikan.jpg|right|frame]]
==Biography==

Robert Andrews Millikan was born March 22, 1868 in Morrison, Illinois. He attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, graduating with a degree in classics in 1891. After teaching elementary physics for two years, Millikan went back to school to earn his doctorate in physics from Columbia University. He earned his Ph.D. in 1895, being the first person to do so from that department. Millikan married Greta Ervin Blanchard in 1902. The couple had three children: Clark Blanchard, Glenn Allen, and Max Franklin. In 1908, he became an assistant at the University of Chicago where he later became a professor. Millikan later went on to be the director of the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics at the California Institute of Technology in 1921. Robert Millikan died on December 19, 1953 in San Marino, California at the age of 85.

==Major Scientific Contributions==

===Oil Drop Experiment===

[[File:oildrop.jpg|Oil Drop Experiment|left|frame]]

In 1909, Millikan worked with assistant Harvey Fletcher to create the oil drop experiment.The pair were able to find the charge of electron as well as the smallest unit of an electron charged that can be quantized. In this experiment, oil was sprayed onto a plate with a hole. Droplets of oil fell through the whole into a chamber with electrically charged plates. These plates emitted x-rays that caused the negatively charged oil drops to either fall at a slower rate, stop or rise. By comparing the velocity's of the charged and non-charged drops, Millikan and Fletcher found that all the negatively charged particles had a charged that was multiple of 1.6e-19 coloumbs.

===Photoelectric Effect===

In 1905, Albert Einstein published describing the particle-like qualities of light known as the photoelectric effect. Millikan did not agree with this idea, since previously light had only been described as a wave. To test this Einstein's theory, he created an experiment in light bulb. The machine he designed was a lightbulb with a wheel inside that had 3 cylinders of metals on it: sodium, lithium and potassium. The wheel rotated inside, a metal would be shaved down by a knife and the cylinder was rotated toward a light using an electromagnet. The results concluded that Einstein was correct.

[[File:milli.jpg|right|frame| Photoelectric Effect]]

==Fun Facts==

1. Millikan was also known for his talks about the relationship between science and religion.

2. During WWII, he had a large role in designing anti-submarine and meteorological devices.

3. He holds honorary degrees from 25 institutions.

4. Millikan was a tennis enthusiast.

===External links===

https://www.aip.org/history/gap/Millikan/Millikan.html

http://uudb.org/articles/robertmillikan.html

==References==

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoelectric_effect

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1923/millikan-bio.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_drop_experiment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Andrews_Millikan

Robert A. Millikan

2015-12-04T15:56:35Z

Miglesias6: /* References */

By Maria Iglesias

[[File:robertmillikan.jpg|right|frame]]
==Biography==

Robert Andrews Millikan was born March 22, 1868 in Morrison, Illinois. He attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, graduating with a degree in classics in 1891. After teaching elementary physics for two years, Millikan went back to school to earn his doctorate in physics from Columbia University. He earned his Ph.D. in 1895, being the first person to do so from that department. Millikan married Greta Ervin Blanchard in 1902. The couple had three children: Clark Blanchard, Glenn Allen, and Max Franklin. In 1908, he became an assistant at the University of Chicago where he later became a professor. Millikan later went on to be the director of the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics at the California Institute of Technology in 1921. Robert Millikan died on December 19, 1953 in San Marino, California at the age of 85.

==Major Scientific Contributions==

===Oil Drop Experiment===

[[File:oildrop.jpg|Oil Drop Experiment|left|frame]]

In 1909, Millikan worked with assistant Harvey Fletcher to create the oil drop experiment.The pair were able to find the charge of electron as well as the smallest unit of an electron charged that can be quantized. In this experiment, oil was sprayed onto a plate with a hole. Droplets of oil fell through the whole into a chamber with electrically charged plates. These plates emitted x-rays that caused the negatively charged oil drops to either fall at a slower rate, stop or rise. By comparing the velocity's of the charged and non-charged drops, Millikan and Fletcher found that all the negatively charged particles had a charged that was multiple of 1.6e-19 coloumbs.

===Photoelectric Effect===

In 1905, Albert Einstein published describing the particle-like qualities of light known as the photoelectric effect. Millikan did not agree with this idea, since previously light had only been described as a wave. To test this Einstein's theory, he created an experiment in light bulb. The machine he designed was a lightbulb with a wheel inside that had 3 cylinders of metals on it: sodium, lithium and potassium. The wheel rotated inside, a metal would be shaved down by a knife and the cylinder was rotated toward a light using an electromagnet. The results concluded that Einstein was correct.

[[File:milli.jpg|right|frame| Photoelectric Effect]]

==Fun Facts==

1. Millikan was also known for his talks about the relationship between science and religion.

2. During WWII, he had a large role in designing anti-submarine and meteorological devices.

3. He holds honorary degrees from 25 institutions.

4. Millikan was a tennis enthusiast.

===External links===
[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-home-reaction-time/]

==References==

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoelectric_effect

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1923/millikan-bio.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_drop_experiment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Andrews_Millikan

Robert A. Millikan

2015-12-04T15:52:45Z

Miglesias6: /* Fun Facts */

By Maria Iglesias

[[File:robertmillikan.jpg|right|frame]]
==Biography==

Robert Andrews Millikan was born March 22, 1868 in Morrison, Illinois. He attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, graduating with a degree in classics in 1891. After teaching elementary physics for two years, Millikan went back to school to earn his doctorate in physics from Columbia University. He earned his Ph.D. in 1895, being the first person to do so from that department. Millikan married Greta Ervin Blanchard in 1902. The couple had three children: Clark Blanchard, Glenn Allen, and Max Franklin. In 1908, he became an assistant at the University of Chicago where he later became a professor. Millikan later went on to be the director of the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics at the California Institute of Technology in 1921. Robert Millikan died on December 19, 1953 in San Marino, California at the age of 85.

==Major Scientific Contributions==

===Oil Drop Experiment===

[[File:oildrop.jpg|Oil Drop Experiment|left|frame]]

In 1909, Millikan worked with assistant Harvey Fletcher to create the oil drop experiment.The pair were able to find the charge of electron as well as the smallest unit of an electron charged that can be quantized. In this experiment, oil was sprayed onto a plate with a hole. Droplets of oil fell through the whole into a chamber with electrically charged plates. These plates emitted x-rays that caused the negatively charged oil drops to either fall at a slower rate, stop or rise. By comparing the velocity's of the charged and non-charged drops, Millikan and Fletcher found that all the negatively charged particles had a charged that was multiple of 1.6e-19 coloumbs.

===Photoelectric Effect===

In 1905, Albert Einstein published describing the particle-like qualities of light known as the photoelectric effect. Millikan did not agree with this idea, since previously light had only been described as a wave. To test this Einstein's theory, he created an experiment in light bulb. The machine he designed was a lightbulb with a wheel inside that had 3 cylinders of metals on it: sodium, lithium and potassium. The wheel rotated inside, a metal would be shaved down by a knife and the cylinder was rotated toward a light using an electromagnet. The results concluded that Einstein was correct.

[[File:milli.jpg|right|frame| Photoelectric Effect]]

==Fun Facts==

1. Millikan was also known for his talks about the relationship between science and religion.

2. During WWII, he had a large role in designing anti-submarine and meteorological devices.

3. He holds honorary degrees from 25 institutions.

4. Millikan was a tennis enthusiast.

===External links===
[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-home-reaction-time/]

==References==

This section contains the the references you used while writing this page

[[Category:Which Category did you place this in?]]

Robert A. Millikan

2015-12-04T15:48:13Z

Miglesias6: /* Photoelectric Effect */

By Maria Iglesias

[[File:robertmillikan.jpg|right|frame]]
==Biography==

Robert Andrews Millikan was born March 22, 1868 in Morrison, Illinois. He attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, graduating with a degree in classics in 1891. After teaching elementary physics for two years, Millikan went back to school to earn his doctorate in physics from Columbia University. He earned his Ph.D. in 1895, being the first person to do so from that department. Millikan married Greta Ervin Blanchard in 1902. The couple had three children: Clark Blanchard, Glenn Allen, and Max Franklin. In 1908, he became an assistant at the University of Chicago where he later became a professor. Millikan later went on to be the director of the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics at the California Institute of Technology in 1921. Robert Millikan died on December 19, 1953 in San Marino, California at the age of 85.

==Major Scientific Contributions==

===Oil Drop Experiment===

[[File:oildrop.jpg|Oil Drop Experiment|left|frame]]

In 1909, Millikan worked with assistant Harvey Fletcher to create the oil drop experiment.The pair were able to find the charge of electron as well as the smallest unit of an electron charged that can be quantized. In this experiment, oil was sprayed onto a plate with a hole. Droplets of oil fell through the whole into a chamber with electrically charged plates. These plates emitted x-rays that caused the negatively charged oil drops to either fall at a slower rate, stop or rise. By comparing the velocity's of the charged and non-charged drops, Millikan and Fletcher found that all the negatively charged particles had a charged that was multiple of 1.6e-19 coloumbs.

===Photoelectric Effect===

In 1905, Albert Einstein published describing the particle-like qualities of light known as the photoelectric effect. Millikan did not agree with this idea, since previously light had only been described as a wave. To test this Einstein's theory, he created an experiment in light bulb. The machine he designed was a lightbulb with a wheel inside that had 3 cylinders of metals on it: sodium, lithium and potassium. The wheel rotated inside, a metal would be shaved down by a knife and the cylinder was rotated toward a light using an electromagnet. The results concluded that Einstein was correct.

[[File:milli.jpg|right|frame| Photoelectric Effect]]

==Fun Facts==

Be sure to show all steps in your solution and include diagrams whenever possible

===External links===
[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-home-reaction-time/]

==References==

This section contains the the references you used while writing this page

[[Category:Which Category did you place this in?]]

Robert A. Millikan

2015-12-04T15:31:18Z

Miglesias6: /* Photoelectric Effect */

By Maria Iglesias

[[File:robertmillikan.jpg|right]]
==Biography==

Robert Andrews Millikan was born March 22, 1868 in Morrison, Illinois. He attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, graduating with a degree in classics in 1891. After teaching elementary physics for two years, Millikan went back to school to earn his doctorate in physics from Columbia University. He earned his Ph.D. in 1895, being the first person to do so from that department. Millikan married Greta Ervin Blanchard in 1902. The couple had three children: Clark Blanchard, Glenn Allen, and Max Franklin. In 1908, he became an assistant at the University of Chicago where he later became a professor. Millikan later went on to be the director of the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics at the California Institute of Technology in 1921. Robert Millikan died on December 19, 1953 in San Marino, California at the age of 85.

==Major Scientific Contributions==

===Oil Drop Experiment===

[[File:oildrop.jpg|Oil Drop Experiment|left]]

In 1909, Millikan worked with assistant Harvey Fletcher to create the oil drop experiment.The pair were able to find the charge of electron as well as the smallest unit of an electron charged that can be quantized. In this experiment, oil was sprayed onto a plate with a hole. Droplets of oil fell through the whole into a chamber with electrically charged plates. These plates emitted x-rays that caused the negatively charged oil drops to either fall at a slower rate, stop or rise. By comparing the velocity's of the charged and non-charged drops, Millikan and Fletcher found that all the negatively charged particles had a charged that was multiple of 1.6e-19 coloumbs.

===Photoelectric Effect===

In 1905, Albert Einstein published describing the particle-like qualities of light known as the photoelectric effect. Millikan did not agree with this idea, since previously light had only been described as a wave. To test this Einstein's theory, he created an experiment in light bulb. The machine he designed was a lightbulb with a wheel inside that had 3 cylinders of metals on it: sodium, lithium and potassium. The wheel rotated inside, a metal would be shaved down by a knife and the cylinder was rotated toward a light using an electromagnet. The results concluded that Einstein was correct.

[[File:milli.jpg|right]]

==Fun Facts==

Be sure to show all steps in your solution and include diagrams whenever possible

===External links===
[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-home-reaction-time/]

==References==

This section contains the the references you used while writing this page

[[Category:Which Category did you place this in?]]

File:Milli.jpg

2015-12-04T15:30:20Z

Miglesias6:

Robert A. Millikan

2015-12-04T15:29:58Z

Miglesias6: /* Photoelectric Effect */

By Maria Iglesias

[[File:robertmillikan.jpg|right]]
==Biography==

Robert Andrews Millikan was born March 22, 1868 in Morrison, Illinois. He attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, graduating with a degree in classics in 1891. After teaching elementary physics for two years, Millikan went back to school to earn his doctorate in physics from Columbia University. He earned his Ph.D. in 1895, being the first person to do so from that department. Millikan married Greta Ervin Blanchard in 1902. The couple had three children: Clark Blanchard, Glenn Allen, and Max Franklin. In 1908, he became an assistant at the University of Chicago where he later became a professor. Millikan later went on to be the director of the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics at the California Institute of Technology in 1921. Robert Millikan died on December 19, 1953 in San Marino, California at the age of 85.

==Major Scientific Contributions==

===Oil Drop Experiment===

[[File:oildrop.jpg|Oil Drop Experiment|left]]

In 1909, Millikan worked with assistant Harvey Fletcher to create the oil drop experiment.The pair were able to find the charge of electron as well as the smallest unit of an electron charged that can be quantized. In this experiment, oil was sprayed onto a plate with a hole. Droplets of oil fell through the whole into a chamber with electrically charged plates. These plates emitted x-rays that caused the negatively charged oil drops to either fall at a slower rate, stop or rise. By comparing the velocity's of the charged and non-charged drops, Millikan and Fletcher found that all the negatively charged particles had a charged that was multiple of 1.6e-19 coloumbs.

===Photoelectric Effect===

In 1905, Albert Einstein published describing the particle-like qualities of light known as the photoelectric effect. Millikan did not agree with this idea, since previously light had only been described as a wave. To test this Einstein's theory, he created an experiment in light bulb. The machine he designed was a lightbulb with a wheel inside that had 3 cylinders of metals on it: sodium, lithium and potassium. The wheel rotated inside, a metal would be shaved down by a knife and the cylinder was rotated toward a light using an electromagnet. The results concluded that Einstein was correct.

==Fun Facts==

Be sure to show all steps in your solution and include diagrams whenever possible

===External links===
[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-home-reaction-time/]

==References==

This section contains the the references you used while writing this page

[[Category:Which Category did you place this in?]]

Robert A. Millikan

2015-12-04T07:12:52Z

Miglesias6: /* Oil Drop Experiment */

By Maria Iglesias

[[File:robertmillikan.jpg|right]]
==Biography==

Robert Andrews Millikan was born March 22, 1868 in Morrison, Illinois. He attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, graduating with a degree in classics in 1891. After teaching elementary physics for two years, Millikan went back to school to earn his doctorate in physics from Columbia University. He earned his Ph.D. in 1895, being the first person to do so from that department. Millikan married Greta Ervin Blanchard in 1902. The couple had three children: Clark Blanchard, Glenn Allen, and Max Franklin. In 1908, he became an assistant at the University of Chicago where he later became a professor. Millikan later went on to be the director of the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics at the California Institute of Technology in 1921. Robert Millikan died on December 19, 1953 in San Marino, California at the age of 85.

==Major Scientific Contributions==

===Oil Drop Experiment===

[[File:oildrop.jpg|Oil Drop Experiment|left]]

In 1909, Millikan worked with assistant Harvey Fletcher to create the oil drop experiment.The pair were able to find the charge of electron as well as the smallest unit of an electron charged that can be quantized. In this experiment, oil was sprayed onto a plate with a hole. Droplets of oil fell through the whole into a chamber with electrically charged plates. These plates emitted x-rays that caused the negatively charged oil drops to either fall at a slower rate, stop or rise. By comparing the velocity's of the charged and non-charged drops, Millikan and Fletcher found that all the negatively charged particles had a charged that was multiple of 1.6e-19 coloumbs.

===Photoelectric Effect===

How do we visualize or predict using this topic. Consider embedding some vpython code here [https://trinket.io/glowscript/31d0f9ad9e Teach hands-on with GlowScript]

==Fun Facts==

Be sure to show all steps in your solution and include diagrams whenever possible

===External links===
[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-home-reaction-time/]

==References==

This section contains the the references you used while writing this page

[[Category:Which Category did you place this in?]]

Robert A. Millikan

2015-12-04T07:08:14Z

Miglesias6: /* Oil Drop Experiment */

By Maria Iglesias

[[File:robertmillikan.jpg|right]]
==Biography==

Robert Andrews Millikan was born March 22, 1868 in Morrison, Illinois. He attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, graduating with a degree in classics in 1891. After teaching elementary physics for two years, Millikan went back to school to earn his doctorate in physics from Columbia University. He earned his Ph.D. in 1895, being the first person to do so from that department. Millikan married Greta Ervin Blanchard in 1902. The couple had three children: Clark Blanchard, Glenn Allen, and Max Franklin. In 1908, he became an assistant at the University of Chicago where he later became a professor. Millikan later went on to be the director of the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics at the California Institute of Technology in 1921. Robert Millikan died on December 19, 1953 in San Marino, California at the age of 85.

==Major Scientific Contributions==

===Oil Drop Experiment===

[[File:oildrop.jpg|left]]

In 1909, Millikan worked with assistant Harvey Fletcher to create the oil drop experiment.The pair were able to find the charge of electron as well as the smallest unit of an electron charged that can be quantized. In this experiment, oil was sprayed onto a plate with a hole. Droplets of oil fell through the whole into a chamber with electrically charged plates. These plates emitted x-rays that caused the negatively charged oil drops to either fall at a slower rate, stop or rise. By comparing the velocity's of the charged and non-charged drops, Millikan and Fletcher found that all the negatively charged particles had a charged that was multiple of 1.6e-19 coloumbs.

===Photoelectric Effect===

How do we visualize or predict using this topic. Consider embedding some vpython code here [https://trinket.io/glowscript/31d0f9ad9e Teach hands-on with GlowScript]

==Fun Facts==

Be sure to show all steps in your solution and include diagrams whenever possible

===External links===
[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-home-reaction-time/]

==References==

This section contains the the references you used while writing this page

[[Category:Which Category did you place this in?]]

Robert A. Millikan

2015-12-04T06:22:34Z

Miglesias6: /* Oil Drop Experiment */

File:Oildrop.jpg

2015-12-04T06:21:21Z

Miglesias6:

Robert A. Millikan

2015-12-04T06:21:00Z

Miglesias6: /* Oil Drop Experiment */

Robert A. Millikan

2015-12-04T06:02:04Z

Miglesias6: /* Biography */

Robert A. Millikan

2015-12-04T05:52:44Z

Miglesias6:

Robert A. Millikan

2015-12-04T04:48:54Z

Miglesias6: /* Photoelectric Effect */

By Maria Iglesias

==Biography==

Robert Andrews Millikan was born March 22, 1868 in Morrison, Illinois. He attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, graduating with a degree in classics in 1891. After teaching elementary physics for two years, Millikan went back to school to earn his doctorate in physics from Columbia University. He earned his Ph.D. in 1895, being the first person to do so from that department. Millikan married Greta Ervin Blanchard in 1902. The couple had three children: Clark Blanchard, Glenn Allen, and Max Franklin.

==Major Scientific Contributions==

===Oil Drop Experiment===

What are the mathematical equations that allow us to model this topic. For example <math>{\frac{d\vec{p}}{dt}}_{system} = \vec{F}_{net}</math> where '''p''' is the momentum of the system and '''F''' is the net force from the surroundings.

===Photoelectric Effect===

How do we visualize or predict using this topic. Consider embedding some vpython code here [https://trinket.io/glowscript/31d0f9ad9e Teach hands-on with GlowScript]

==Examples==

Be sure to show all steps in your solution and include diagrams whenever possible

===Simple===
===Middling===
===Difficult===

==Connectedness==
#How is this topic connected to something that you are interested in?
#How is it connected to your major?
#Is there an interesting industrial application?

==History==

Put this idea in historical context. Give the reader the Who, What, When, Where, and Why.

== See also ==

Are there related topics or categories in this wiki resource for the curious reader to explore? How does this topic fit into that context?

===Further reading===

Books, Articles or other print media on this topic

===External links===
[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-home-reaction-time/]

==References==

This section contains the the references you used while writing this page

[[Category:Which Category did you place this in?]]

Robert A. Millikan

2015-12-04T04:33:36Z

Miglesias6: /* Biography */

By Maria Iglesias

==Biography==

Robert Andrews Millikan was born March 22, 1868 in Morrison, Illinois. He attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, graduating with a degree in classics in 1891. After teaching elementary physics for two years, Millikan went back to school to earn his doctorate in physics from Columbia University. He earned his Ph.D. in 1895, being the first person to do so from that department. Millikan married Greta Ervin Blanchard in 1902. The couple had three children: Clark Blanchard, Glenn Allen, and Max Franklin.

==Major Scientific Contributions==

===Oil Drop Experiment===

What are the mathematical equations that allow us to model this topic. For example <math>{\frac{d\vec{p}}{dt}}_{system} = \vec{F}_{net}</math> where '''p''' is the momentum of the system and '''F''' is the net force from the surroundings.

===Majorl===

How do we visualize or predict using this topic. Consider embedding some vpython code here [https://trinket.io/glowscript/31d0f9ad9e Teach hands-on with GlowScript]

==Examples==

Be sure to show all steps in your solution and include diagrams whenever possible

===Simple===
===Middling===
===Difficult===

==Connectedness==
#How is this topic connected to something that you are interested in?
#How is it connected to your major?
#Is there an interesting industrial application?

==History==

Put this idea in historical context. Give the reader the Who, What, When, Where, and Why.

== See also ==

Are there related topics or categories in this wiki resource for the curious reader to explore? How does this topic fit into that context?

===Further reading===

Books, Articles or other print media on this topic

===External links===
[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-home-reaction-time/]

==References==

This section contains the the references you used while writing this page

[[Category:Which Category did you place this in?]]

File:Robertmillikan.jpg

2015-12-03T22:06:49Z

Miglesias6:

Robert A. Millikan

2015-12-03T22:05:11Z

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By Maria Iglesias

==Biography==

Robert Andrews Millikan was born March 22, 1868 in Morrison, Illinois. He attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, graduating with a degree in classics in 1891. After teaching elementary physics for two years, Millikan went back to school to earn his doctorate in physics from Columbia University. He earned his Ph.D. in 1895, being the first person to do so from that department.

==Major Scientific Contributions==

===Oil Drop Experiment===

What are the mathematical equations that allow us to model this topic. For example <math>{\frac{d\vec{p}}{dt}}_{system} = \vec{F}_{net}</math> where '''p''' is the momentum of the system and '''F''' is the net force from the surroundings.

===Majorl===

How do we visualize or predict using this topic. Consider embedding some vpython code here [https://trinket.io/glowscript/31d0f9ad9e Teach hands-on with GlowScript]

==Examples==

Be sure to show all steps in your solution and include diagrams whenever possible

===Simple===
===Middling===
===Difficult===

==Connectedness==
#How is this topic connected to something that you are interested in?
#How is it connected to your major?
#Is there an interesting industrial application?

==History==

Put this idea in historical context. Give the reader the Who, What, When, Where, and Why.

== See also ==

Are there related topics or categories in this wiki resource for the curious reader to explore? How does this topic fit into that context?

===Further reading===

Books, Articles or other print media on this topic

===External links===
[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-home-reaction-time/]

==References==

This section contains the the references you used while writing this page

[[Category:Which Category did you place this in?]]

Robert A. Millikan

2015-12-03T21:18:46Z

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All of the content added to this resource must be in the public domain or similar free resource. If you are unsure about a source, contact the original author for permission. That said, there is a surprisingly large amount of introductory physics content scattered across the web. Here is an incomplete list of intro physics resources (please update as needed).
* A physics resource written by experts for an expert audience [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Physics Physics Portal]
* A wiki book on modern physics [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Modern_Physics Modern Physics Wiki]
* The MIT open courseware for intro physics [http://ocw.mit.edu/resources/res-8-002-a-wikitextbook-for-introductory-mechanics-fall-2009/index.htm MITOCW Wiki]
* An online concept map of intro physics [http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html HyperPhysics]
* Interactive physics simulations [https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/physics PhET]
* OpenStax algebra based intro physics textbook [https://openstaxcollege.org/textbooks/college-physics College Physics]
* The Open Source Physics project is a collection of online physics resources [http://www.opensourcephysics.org/ OSP]
* A resource guide compiled by the [http://www.aapt.org/ AAPT] for educators [http://www.compadre.org/ ComPADRE]

== Organizing Categories ==
These are the broad, overarching categories, that we cover in two semester of introductory physics. You can add subcategories or make a new category as needed. A single topic should direct readers to a page in one of these catagories.

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===Interactions===
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*[[Kinds of Matter]]
**[[Ball and Spring Model of Matter]]
*[[Detecting Interactions]]
*[[Fundamental Interactions]]
*[[Determinism]]
*[[System & Surroundings]]
*[[Newton's First Law of Motion]]
*[[Newton's Second Law of Motion]]
*[[Newton's Third Law of Motion]]
*[[Gravitational Force]]
*[[Electric Force]]
*[[Conservation of Energy]]
*[[Conservation of Charge]]
*[[Terminal Speed]]
*[[Simple Harmonic Motion]]
*[[Speed and Velocity]]
*[[Electric Polarization]]
*[[Perpetual Freefall (Orbit)]]
*[[2-Dimensional Motion]]
*[[Center of Mass]]
*[[Reaction Time]]
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===Theory===
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*[[Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity]]
*[[Quantum Theory]]
*[[Big Bang Theory]]
*[[Maxwell's Electromagnetic Theory]]
*[[Atomic Theory]]
*[[String Theory]]
*[[Elementary Particles and Particle Physics Theory]]
*[[Law of Gravitation]]
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===Notable Scientists===
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*[[Christian Doppler]]
*[[Albert Einstein]]
*[[Ernest Rutherford]]
*[[Joseph Henry]]
*[[Michael Faraday]]
*[[J.J. Thomson]]
*[[James Maxwell]]
*[[Robert Hooke]]
*[[Carl Friedrich Gauss]]
*[[Nikola Tesla]]
*[[Andre Marie Ampere]]
*[[Sir Isaac Newton]]
*[[J. Robert Oppenheimer]]
*[[Oliver Heaviside]]
*[[Rosalind Franklin]]
*[[Erwin Schrödinger]]
*[[Enrico Fermi]]
*[[Robert J. Van de Graaff]]
*[[Charles de Coulomb]]
*[[Hans Christian Ørsted]]
*[[Philo Farnsworth]]
*[[Niels Bohr]]
*[[Georg Ohm]]
*[[Galileo Galilei]]
*[[Gustav Kirchhoff]]
*[[Max Planck]]
*[[Heinrich Hertz]]
*[[Edwin Hall]]
*[[James Watt]]
*[[Count Alessandro Volta]]
*[[Josiah Willard Gibbs]]
*[[Richard Phillips Feynman]]
*[[Sir David Brewster]]
*[[Daniel Bernoulli]]
*[[William Thomson]]
*[[Leonhard Euler]]
*[[Robert Fox Bacher]]
*[[Stephen Hawking]]
*[[Amedeo Avogadro]]
*[[Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen]]
*[[Pierre Laplace]]
*[[Thomas Edison]]
*[[Hendrik Lorentz]]
*[[Jean-Baptiste Biot]]
*[[Lise Meitner]]
*[[Lisa Randall]]
*[[Felix Savart]]
*[[Heinrich Lenz]]
*[[Max Born]]
*[[Archimedes]]
*[[Jean Baptiste Biot]]
*[[Carl Sagan]]
*[[Eugene Wigner]]
*[[Marie Curie]]
*[[Pierre Curie]]
*[[Werner Heisenberg]]
*[[Johannes Diderik van der Waals]]
*[[Louis de Broglie]]
*[[Aristotle]]
*[[Émilie du Châtelet]]
*[[Blaise Pascal]]
*[[Benjamin Franklin]]
*[[James Chadwick]]
*[[Henry Cavendish]]
*[[Thomas Young]]
*[[James Prescott Joule]]
*[[John Bardeen]]
*[[Leo Baekeland]]
*[[Alhazen]]
*[[Willebrod Snell]]
*[[Johannes Kepler]]
*[[Johann Wilhelm Ritter]]
*[[Philipp Lenard]]
*[[Xuesen Qian]]
*[[Robert A. Millikan]]

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===Properties of Matter===
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*[[Mass]]
*[[Velocity]]
*[[Relative Velocity]]
*[[Density]]
*[[Charge]]
*[[Spin]]
*[[SI Units]]
*[[Heat Capacity]]
*[[Specific Heat]]
*[[Wavelength]]
*[[Conductivity]]
*[[Malleability]]
*[[Weight]]
*[[Boiling Point]]
*[[Melting Point]]
*[[Inertia]]
*[[Non-Newtonian Fluids]]
*[[Color]]
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===Contact Interactions===
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* [[Young's Modulus]]
* [[Friction]]
* [[Tension]]
* [[Hooke's Law]]
*[[Centripetal Force and Curving Motion]]
*[[Compression or Normal Force]]
* [[Length and Stiffness of an Interatomic Bond]]
* [[Speed of Sound in a Solid]]
* [[Iterative Prediction of Spring-Mass System]]
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===Momentum===
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* [[Vectors]]
* [[Kinematics]]
* [[Conservation of Momentum]]
* [[Predicting Change in multiple dimensions]]
* [[Derivation of the Momentum Principle]]
* [[Momentum Principle]]
* [[Impulse Momentum]]
* [[Curving Motion]]
* [[Multi-particle Analysis of Momentum]]
* [[Iterative Prediction]]
* [[Analytical Prediction]]
* [[Newton's Laws and Linear Momentum]]
* [[Net Force]]
* [[Center of Mass]]
* [[Momentum at High Speeds]]
* [[Change in Momentum in Time for Curving Motion]]
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===Angular Momentum===
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* [[The Moments of Inertia]]
* [[Moment of Inertia for a ring]]
* [[Rotation]]
* [[Torque]]
* [[Systems with Zero Torque]]
* [[Systems with Nonzero Torque]]
* [[Right Hand Rule]]
* [[Angular Velocity]]
* [[Predicting the Position of a Rotating System]]
* [[Translational Angular Momentum]]
* [[The Angular Momentum Principle]]
* [[Angular Momentum of Multiparticle Systems]]
* [[Rotational Angular Momentum]]
* [[Total Angular Momentum]]
* [[Gyroscopes]]
* [[Angular Momentum Compared to Linear Momentum]]

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===Energy===
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*[[The Photoelectric Effect]]
*[[Photons]]
*[[The Energy Principle]]
*[[Predicting Change]]
*[[Rest Mass Energy]]
*[[Kinetic Energy]]
*[[Potential Energy]]
**[[Potential Energy for a Magnetic Dipole]]
**[[Potential Energy of a Multiparticle System]]
*[[Work]]
*[[Thermal Energy]]
*[[Conservation of Energy]]
*[[Electric Potential]]
*[[Energy Transfer due to a Temperature Difference]]
*[[Gravitational Potential Energy]]
*[[Point Particle Systems]]
*[[Real Systems]]
*[[Spring Potential Energy]]
**[[Ball and Spring Model]]
*[[Internal Energy]]
**[[Potential Energy of a Pair of Neutral Atoms]]
*[[Translational, Rotational and Vibrational Energy]]
*[[Franck-Hertz Experiment]]
*[[Power (Mechanical)]]
*[[Transformation of Energy]]

*[[Energy Graphs]]
**[[Energy graphs and the Bohr model]]
*[[Air Resistance]]
*[[Electronic Energy Levels]]
*[[Second Law of Thermodynamics and Entropy]]
*[[Specific Heat Capacity]]
*[[Electronic Energy Levels and Photons]]
*[[Energy Density]]
*[[Bohr Model]]
*[[Quantized energy levels]]
*[[Path Independence of Electric Potential]]
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===Collisions===
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*[[Collisions]]
*[[Maximally Inelastic Collision]]
*[[Elastic Collisions]]
*[[Inelastic Collisions]]
*[[Head-on Collision of Equal Masses]]
*[[Head-on Collision of Unequal Masses]]
*[[Frame of Reference]]
*[[Rutherford Experiment and Atomic Collisions]]
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===Fields===
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* [[Electric Field]] of a
** [[Point Charge]]
** [[Electric Dipole]]
** [[Capacitor]]
** [[Charged Rod]]
** [[Charged Ring]]
** [[Charged Disk]]
** [[Charged Spherical Shell]]
** [[Charged Cylinder]]
** [[Charge Density]]
**[[A Solid Sphere Charged Throughout Its Volume]]
*[[Electric Potential]]
**[[Potential Difference Path Independence]]
**[[Potential Difference in a Uniform Field]]
**[[Potential Difference of point charge in a non-Uniform Field]]
**[[Sign of Potential Difference]]
**[[Potential Difference in an Insulator]]
**[[Energy Density and Electric Field]]
** [[Systems of Charged Objects]]
*[[Electric Force]]
*[[Polarization]]
**[[Polarization of an Atom]]
*[[Charge Motion in Metals]]
*[[Charge Transfer]]
*[[Magnetic Field]]
**[[Right-Hand Rule]]
**[[Direction of Magnetic Field]]
**[[Magnetic Field of a Long Straight Wire]]
**[[Magnetic Field of a Loop]]
**[[Magnetic Field of a Solenoid]]
**[[Bar Magnet]]
**[[Magnetic Dipole Moment]]
***[[Stern-Gerlach Experiment]]
**[[Magnetic Force]]
**[[Earth's Magnetic Field]]
*[[Combining Electric and Magnetic Forces]]
**[[Magnetic Torque]]
**[[Hall Effect]]
**[[Lorentz Force]]
**[[Biot-Savart Law]]
**[[Biot-Savart Law for Currents]]
**[[Integration Techniques for Magnetic Field]]
**[[Sparks in Air]]
**[[Motional Emf]]
**[[Detecting a Magnetic Field]]
**[[Moving Point Charge]]
**[[Non-Coulomb Electric Field]]
**[[Motors and Generators]]
**[[Solenoid Applications]]
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===Simple Circuits===
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*[[Components]]
*[[Steady State]]
*[[Non Steady State]]
*[[Charging and Discharging a Capacitor]]
*[[Thin and Thick Wires]]
*[[Node Rule]]
*[[Loop Rule]]
*[[Resistivity]]
*[[Power in a circuit]]
*[[Ammeters,Voltmeters,Ohmmeters]]
*[[Current]]
**[[AC]]
*[[Ohm's Law]]
*[[Series Circuits]]
*[[Parallel Circuits]]
*[[RC]]
*[[AC vs DC]]
*[[Charge in a RC Circuit]]
*[[Current in a RC circuit]]
*[[Circular Loop of Wire]]
*[[Current in a RL Circuit]]
*[[RL Circuit]]
*[[LC Circuit]]
*[[Surface Charge Distributions]]
*[[Feedback]]
*[[Transformers (Circuits)]]
*[[Resistors and Conductivity]]
*[[Semiconductor Devices]]
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===Maxwell's Equations===
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*[[Gauss's Flux Theorem]]
**[[Electric Fields]]
**[[Magnetic Fields]]
*[[Ampere's Law]]
**[[Magnetic Field of Coaxial Cable Using Ampere's Law]]
**[[Magnetic Field of a Long Thick Wire Using Ampere's Law]]
**[[Magnetic Field of a Toroid Using Ampere's Law]]
*[[Faraday's Law]]
**[[Curly Electric Fields]]
**[[Inductance]]
***[[Transformers from a physics standpoint]]
***[[Energy Density]]
**[[Lenz's Law]]
***[[Lenz Effect and the Jumping Ring]]
**[[Motional Emf using Faraday's Law]]
*[[Ampere-Maxwell Law]]
*[[Superconductors]]
**[[Meissner effect]]
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===Radiation===
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*[[Producing a Radiative Electric Field]]
*[[Sinusoidal Electromagnetic Radiaton]]
*[[Lenses]]
*[[Energy and Momentum Analysis in Radiation]]
**[[Poynting Vector]]
*[[Electromagnetic Propagation]]
**[[Wavelength and Frequency]]
*[[Snell's Law]]
*[[Effects of Radiation on Matter]]
*[[Light Propagation Through a Medium]]
*[[Light Scaterring: Why is the Sky Blue]]
*[[Light Refraction: Bending of light]]
*[[Cherenkov Radiation]]
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===Sound===
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*[[Doppler Effect]]
*[[Nature, Behavior, and Properties of Sound]]
*[[Resonance]]
*[[Sound Barrier]]
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===Waves===
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*[[Multisource Interference: Diffraction]]
*[[Standing waves]]
*[[Gravitational waves]]
*[[Wave-Particle Duality]]
*[[Electromagnetic Waves]]
*[[Electromagnetic Spectrum]]
*[[Color Light Wave]]
*[[Mechanical Waves]]
*[[Pendulum Motion]]
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===Real Life Applications of Electromagnetic Principles===
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*[[Electromagnetic Junkyard Cranes]]
*[[Maglev Trains]]
*[[Spark Plugs]]
*[[Metal Detectors]]
*[[Speakers]]
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===Optics===
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*[[Mirrors]]
*[[Refraction]]
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===Computing===
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*[[VPython]]
*[[VPython basics]]
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== Resources ==
* Commonly used wiki commands [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet Wiki Cheatsheet]
* A guide to representing equations in math mode [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Displaying_a_formula Wiki Math Mode]
* A page to keep track of all the physics [[Constants]]