Clarence Zener
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'''Clarence Melvin Zener''' ([[December 1]], [[1905]] – [[July 15]], [[1993]]) was the [[United States|American]] [[physicist]] who first described the electrical property exploited by the [[Zener diode]], which [[Bell Labs]] then named after him. Zener was a theoretical physicist with a background in mathematics who also wrote on a range of subjects including [[superconductivity]], [[metallurgy]], and [[geometric programming]].
Zener was born in [[Indianapolis, Indiana]] and earned his PhD in physics from [[Harvard University|Harvard]] in 1930 with the thesis ''Quantum Mechanics of the Formation of Certain Types of Diatomic Molecules''. He taught at several American universities before working at the [[Watertown Arsenal]] during [[World War II]]. He taught at [[University of Chicago]] (1945–1951), worked at [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] (1951–1965) taught at [[Texas A&M University]] (1966–1968), and then at [[Carnegie Mellon University]] (1968–1993). In 1957 he received the [[Bingham Medal]] for his work in [[rheology]].
==See also==
*[[Zener pinning]]
*[[Zener–Hollomon parameter]]
*[[Landau–Zener formula]]
==External links==
* [http://www.aip.org/history/esva/catalog/esva/Zener_Melvin.html Pictures of Zener]
* [http://www.mpri.lsu.edu/textbook/Chapter3.htm Geometric programming]
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[[Category:American physicists]]
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[[Category:Carnegie Mellon University faculty]]
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