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Sanborn C. Brown
1913 - 1981
Dr. Sanborn C. Brown was professor emeritus of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and former associate dean of its graduate school.
Professor Brown was a specialist in the structure and behavior of the high-temperature ionized gases known as plasmas. He wrote a standard textbook on plasma physics, ''Basic Data of Plasma Physics,'' published in 1958. He was also wrote a biography of Benjamin Thompson, also known as Count Rumford, a pre-Revolutionary American scientist and a British loyalist.
Professor Brown was a specialist in the structure and behavior of the high-temperature ionized gases known as plasmas. He wrote a standard textbook on plasma physics, ''Basic Data of Plasma Physics,'' published in 1958. He was also wrote a biography of Benjamin Thompson, also known as Count Rumford, a pre-Revolutionary American scientist and a British loyalist.
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"Dr. Sanborn C. Brown, Expert on Ionized Gas," The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/02/obituaries/dr-sanborn-c-brown-expert-on-ionized-gas.html (accessed 08/28/2014)