Mixing Physicists and Water
Whoever said physics was all work and no play? Our collection of photographs this month contains a variety of images depicting physicists and their families enjoying the summer weather. This month we’re featuring six of our summertime favorites that show physicists who know how to kick back, relax, and enjoy the season on the water.
William Maurice Ewing rests his eyes as he lounges on the deck of a boat
AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives
Enrico Fermi (standing far right on the boat) and friends enjoy a day at the lake. (Possibly taken during the University of Michigan Summer School, Ann Arbor, MI)Date: ca. 1940
AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives, Fermi Film Collection
L-R: Robert Serber (in red bathing suit); Isidor Rabi; Enrico Fermi; Mrs. Hill at Westhampton or Shirley Beach, Long Island, New York. Date: July 1953
AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives, Bainbridge Collection
L-R: Robert Atkinson and Werner Heisenberg outdoors by the water in Ann Arbor, MI. bathing suit; lake
Photograph by Samuel Goudsmit, courtesy AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives, Goudsmit Collection
Aage Winther contemplates life, while floating on Christmas Lake, Minnesota.Date: Summer 1961
AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives
Homer Dodge and his wife, Margaret, celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary by paddling on Cremona Creek estuary where it flows into the Patuxend River. Photo date: September 5, 1977
AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives, Dodge Collection
