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Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
Brian Pippard
Born: September 7, 1920
Died: September 21, 2008 (aged 88)
Bio: Sir Alfred Brian Pippard, FRS, was a British physicist. He was Cavendish Professor of Physics from 1971 until 1984 and an Honorary Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge, of which he was the first President. He was educated at Clifton College.
Known for:
- Cavendish Problems in Classical Physics (1962)
- Magnetoresistance in metals (1989)
- The physics of vibration (1978)
- Response and stability (1985)