Albert Potter Wills
Albert Potter Wills (1873–1937) was an American physicist who researched magnetic materials and was the PhD advisor of the Nobel Prize winner Isidor Isaac Rabi.
Albert Wills | |
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| Born | 1873 |
| Died | 1937 Florida, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Clark University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | University of Göttingen University of Berlin Bryn Mawr College Cooper Hewitt Laboratory Columbia University |
| Thesis | On the susceptibility of diamagnetic and weakly magnetic substances (1897) |
| Doctoral advisor | Arthur Gordon Webster |
| Doctoral students | Isidor Isaac Rabi Francis Bitter Ralph De Laer Kronig Shirley Leon Quimby |
During his career he investigated magnetic susceptibilities, magnetic shielding, magnetostriction, conduction of electricity through mercury vapor, and hydrodynamics. He also wrote a textbook on vector analysis.
Wills received his PhD from Clark University in 1897 under Arthur Gordon Webster with a thesis entitled: On the susceptibility of diamagnetic and weakly magnetic substances.
During 1898–1899 Wills worked at the University of Göttingen and the University of Berlin. During 1899–1902 he was at Bryn Mawr College and 1902–1903 at the Cooper Hewitt Laboratory. His final appointment, 1903–1937, was at Columbia University.
In 1909 at Columbia University, Max Planck gave eight lectures in German. Wills translated the lectures into English, and in 1915 Columbia University Press published his translation.