Dr. William Phillips Innovative Lives Presentation
name: label: Interviewee
content: Phillips, William, Dr., 1948-
label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
label: Interviewer
content: Cater, Anita
label: Names
content: Chu, Steven
label: Names
content: Cohen-Tannouudji, Claude
title: label: Topic
content: Innovative Lives Program (NMAH public program series)
topic: label: Topic
content: Physics
label: Topic
content: Inventors -- 20th century
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content: Inventions -- 1980-2000
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content: Nobel Prizes
label: Topic
content: Lasers
label: Topic
content: Physicists
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content: Slides
label: Topic
content: Physicists -- 1930-2000
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Transferred to the Archives Center by the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, May 17, 2001.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Phillips, William, Dr., 1948-
label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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content: Dr. William Phillips Innovative Lives Presentation
abstract: label: Summary
content: Approximately 5-1/2 hours of video footage documenting an interview with Dr. William Phillips, a physicist and Nobel Laureate (Physics, 1997). Phillips discusses his background, work at the National Institute of Standards (NIST) using laser light to cool gases to the lowest temperature ever achieved, and his memories of winning the Nobel Prize.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Dr. William Phillips was born November 5, 1948 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He received his B.S. from Juniata College in 1970 and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1976. Phillips was awarded the Chaim Weizmann Fellowship at MIT to work on collisions and Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) in spin-polarized hydrogen. After leaving MIT in1978, Phillips joined the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) which was renamed the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). At NIST, Phillips worked on precision measurements of the proton gyromagnetic ratio and of the Absolute Ampere. Also, he pursued laser cooling experiments which led him and colleagues Steve Chu and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji to win the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1997.

The Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation was founded in 1995 at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History through a generous gift from the Lemelson Foundation. The Center's mission is: to document, interpret, and disseminate information about invention and innovation; to encourage inventive creativity in young people; and to foster an appreciation for the central role invention and innovation play in the history of the United States. The Innovative Lives series brings together museum visitors and, especially, school aged children, and American inventors to discuss inventions and the creative process and to experiment and play with hands-on activities related to each inventor's product. This collection was recorded by the Innovative Lives Program of the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2001-04-27
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The collection was recorded by the Innovative Lives Program of the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation on April 27, 2001.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0770
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Videotapes
label: Type
content: Betacam sp (videotape format)
label: Type
content: Oral history
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Mini-dv
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is organized into three series.

Series 1, Original Videos, 2001

Series 2, Master Videos, 2001

Series 3, Reference Videos, 2001
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Alison L. Oswald, archivist, July 2001.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Videotapes
label: Genre/Form
content: BetaCam SP (videotape format)
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content: Oral history -- 2000-2010
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews -- 2000-2010
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content: Mini-DV
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection contains approximately 5-1⁄2 hours of original (digital), master (BetaCam SP), and reference videos (VHS) documenting William Phillips, physicist and Nobel Laureate (Physics, 1997). Audience participants are students from Ormond Stone Middle School (Centreville, Virginia); Queen Anne School (Upper Marlboro, Maryland); Nysmith School (Herndon, Virginia): and Gwynn Park Middle School (Brandywine, Maryland).
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials in the Archives Center

Nobel Voices Video History Project (AC0771)