Percy W. Bridgman's Birth Card: The King of Clubs

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Percy Williams Bridgman (April 21, 1882 – August 20, 1961) was an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1946 for his work on the physics of high pressures. The birth-card coordinate for April 21 is the King of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1946 Physics prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 1946 The Nobel Prize in Physics — for the invention of an apparatus to produce extremely high pressures, and for the discoveries he made therewith in the field of high pressure physics

The King of Clubs coordinate

Percy W. Bridgman's birthday maps to the King of Clubs (The Master Leader). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Nobel Prize and not a verdict on Percy W. Bridgman. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You make the intellectual call in the open and you can revise it.

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Percy W. Bridgman in the public record

He also wrote extensively on the scientific method and on other aspects of the philosophy of science. The Bridgman effect, the Bridgman–Stockbarger technique, and the high-pressure mineral bridgmanite are named after him. Percy Williams Bridgman was born on April 21, 1882, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and grew up in nearby Auburndale. His parents were both born in New England. His father, Raymond Landon Bridgman, was "profoundly religious and idealistic" and worked as a newspaper reporter assigned to state politics. His mother, Mary Ann Maria Williams, was described as "more conventional, sprightly, and competitive." Bridgman attended both elementary and high school in Auburndale, where he excelled at competitions in the classroom, on the playground, and while playing chess. Described as both shy and proud, his home life consisted of family music, card games, and domestic and garden chores. The family was deeply religious; reading the Bible each morning and attending a Congregational Church.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Percy Williams Bridgman (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

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He also wrote extensively on the scientific method and on other aspects of the philosophy of science.

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Also on the record

1. However, Bridgman later became an atheist.
2. In 1900, Bridgman entered Harvard University, where he received his A.B. in 1904, his A.M. in 1905, and his Ph.D. in 1908.
3. From 1910 until his retirement, Bridgman taught at Harvard University, becoming a full professor in 1919.
4. In 1905, he began investigating the properties of matter under high pressure.

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• Bruce Merrifield — 1984 Chemistry
• Carl Cori — 1947 Physiology or Medicine
• Cecil Powell — 1950 Physics
• Daniel Bovet — 1957 Physiology or Medicine
• Emil Fischer — 1902 Chemistry
• Eric Kandel — 2000 Physiology or Medicine
• François Jacob — 1965 Physiology or Medicine
• Frederick Sanger — 1958 Chemistry; 1980 Chemistry
• 28 more laureates share this card.

FAQ

What is Percy W. Bridgman's birth card?

The King of Clubs. April 21 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Nobel Prize?

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