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Mayer   /mˈeɪər/   Listen
Mayer

noun
1.
United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for her research on the structure of the atom (1906-1972).  Synonym: Marie Goeppert Mayer.
2.
United States filmmaker (born in Russia) who founded his own film company and later merged with Samuel Goldwyn (1885-1957).  Synonyms: Louis B. Mayer, Louis Burt Mayer.



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"Mayer" Quotes from Famous Books



... chance for investigation as the theory of Julius Robert Mayer, upon which he founded, or which gave rise to the establishment of one of the most important scientific truths—"the conservation of energy," and finally the "correlation of forces," which theory I am not quite sure was ...
— Scientific American Supplement No. 275 • Various
... Mayer observed in 1756 what he termed a fixed star. Herschel thought it a comet. It proved to be the ...
— A Field Book of the Stars • William Tyler Olcott


Words linked to "Mayer" :   filmmaker, movie maker, film maker, nuclear physicist, film producer


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