Robert B. Leighton

Robert B. Leighton (September 10, 1919 – March 9, 1997) was a prominent American experimental physicist who spent his professional career at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Quotes The way I solved the theoretical problem was to go into the shop and build something concrete. finding out that he was not a theoretical but an experimental physicist, as quoted in his biographical memoir. Jesse L. Greenstein Robert B. Leighton, 1919—1996, Biographical Memoirs v.75 National Academy of Sciences 1998 0-309-06295-0 164 http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9649&page=164 External links Category:Physicists from the United States Category:1997 deaths Category:People from Michigan Category:People from Detroit Category:California Institute of Technology alumni Category:California Institute of Technology faculty