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'''Robert Vivian Pound''' (May 6, 1919 - April 12, 2010) was a [[Canada|Canadian]]-born | '''Robert Vivian Pound''' (May 6, 1919 - April 12, 2010) was a [[Canada|Canadian]]-born [[United States of America|American]] [[physics|physicist]] whose work on the effect of [[gravity]] on [[light]] provided confirmation of [[Albert Einstein]]'s [[general theory of relativity]] and led to the development of [[magnetic resonance imaging]]. He was born in [[Ridgeway, Ontario]], graduated from the [[University of Buffalo]] and worked at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] during the [[World War Two|Second World War]], where he worked on [[radar]] devices. He spent his post-war career at [[Harvard University]]. His honors included the U.S. [[National Medal of Science]] and the [[Eddington Medal]] of the [[Royal Astronomical Society]].<ref>''New York Times'': '[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/us/20pound.html Robert Pound, physicist whose work advanced medicine, is dead at 90]'. April 19, 2010.</ref> | ||
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Robert Vivian Pound (May 6, 1919 - April 12, 2010) was a Canadian-born American physicist whose work on the effect of gravity on light provided confirmation of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity and led to the development of magnetic resonance imaging. He was born in Ridgeway, Ontario, graduated from the University of Buffalo and worked at MIT during the Second World War, where he worked on radar devices. He spent his post-war career at Harvard University. His honors included the U.S. National Medal of Science and the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society.[1]
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- ↑ New York Times: 'Robert Pound, physicist whose work advanced medicine, is dead at 90'. April 19, 2010.