4 Quotes & Sayings By Mildred S Dresselhaus

Mildred S. Dresselhaus is an American physicist and author. Dr. Dresselhaus is the winner of the National Medal of Science and the 2004 Presidential Medal of Freedom Read more

Her research has been recognized by twenty-one honorary doctorates and by two Pulitzer Prizes for her work in theoretical physics. Dr. Dresselhaus was chosen as one of "America's Most Influential Women" in 2011 by Glamour Magazine and one of "The 25 Most Intriguing People of the Past 25 Years" by Time Magazine in 2007.

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Superconductivity helped broaden my professional phase space. When I started my work, it was already known that magnetic fields could quench superconductivity. I found that the transition was not continuous, that superconductivity was initially enhanced in the presence of magnetic fields, then it would suddenly fall off. Mildred S. Dresselhaus
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All the leadership positions that I have had have one common denominator: none has required that I give up my science work. Mildred S. Dresselhaus
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One of the over-riding things for many who grow up in poverty is the simple desire to escape. I think it was sort of obvious to me that escape had to be through education. Mildred S. Dresselhaus