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Maury Tigner

Maury Tigner is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Maury Tigner rather than just read about it. In short: Maury Tigner (born 22 April 1937) is an American physicist working on particle accelerators and experimental particle physics. Tigner studied physics at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute until 1958 and received a PhD degree from Cornell University in 1964.

Key takeaways

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Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
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Reproduce the core statement of Maury Tigner from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Maury Tigner (born 22 April 1937) is an American physicist working on particle accelerators and experimental particle physics. Tigner studied physics at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute until 1958 and received a PhD degree from Cornell University in 1964. He stayed there and became a professor of physics from 1977 to 1994. After a stay at DESY, he led the development and construction of the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, which started operation in 1979. From 1994 to 2000 Tigner worked at the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, contributing to the development of BEPC II. In 2000, he moved back to Cornell, leading the laboratory of elementary particle physics until 2006. Tigner played a major role in the development of the Superconducting Super Collider, leading the Central Design Group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory formed in 1984, and worked on development of the International Linear Collider. Tigner became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1991 and a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1993. He received the Robert R. Wilson Prize in 2000 and the Leo Szilard Lectureship Award of the American Physical Society in 2005.

Literature Andrew Sessler, Edmund Wilson: Engines of discovery – a century of particle accelerators, World Scientific 2007, S. 89. Tigner, Alexander Chao (publisher): Handbook of Accelerator Physics and Engineering, World Scientific 1999.

External links Maury Tigner. Hans A. Bethe Professor Emeritus, cornell.edu M. Tigner. Biography, Physics History Network Maury Tigner, Hans A. Bethe Professor of Physics Emeritus (Cornell University) APS Oral History Interview

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Maury Tigner

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Maury Tigner claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Maury Tigner before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Maury Tigner ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Maury Tigner

In research: Maury Tigner appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Maury Tigner in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Maury Tigner is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1937 births, 20th-century American physicists, Accelerator physicists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Maury Tigner outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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