Robert Arns
{{Short description|American experimental physicist (1933–2019)}}
Robert George Arns (1933 – April 6, 2019) was an American experimental physicist working in nuclear and particle physics, and also an historian of physics, technology, and electrical history.
Arns was a professor and for eight years vice president of academic affairs (provost) at the University of Vermont. He was a principal in the management consulting firm Arns & Green, Inc. Arns was also an accomplished painter, specializing most recently in works inspired by images from the Hubble Space Telescope. He had a Ph.D. in nuclear and particle physics from the University of Michigan.[http://www.uvm.edu/~physics/?Page=faculty_rarns.php University of Vermont info page on Arns]
Notable works
- R. G. Arns, "The other transistor: early history of the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor," Engineering Science and Education Journal, 7, No. 5 (October, 1998): 233-240
- R. G. Arns, "The High-Vacuum X-ray Tube: Technological Change in Social Context," Technology and Culture, 38, No. 4 (October, 1997):852-90
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References
- [http://www.mercurians.org/nov98/arns.prize.html Robert Arns Awarded IEEE Prize] 1998 IEEE Life Members' Prize in Electrical History
External links
- [http://www.uvm.edu/~physics/faculty/arns.html home page]
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Category:21st-century American physicists
Category:University of Michigan alumni
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Category:American historians of science
Category:21st-century American historians
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