Mahmoud Hessaby
Sayyed Mahmoud HessabyDr Sayyed Mahmoud Hessaby
Born
23 February 1903 Tehran, Iran
Died
3 August 1992 (aged 89) at Geneva Cardiac Hospital and buried in Tafresh, Iran
Nationality
Iranian
Fields
Physics, Civil Engineering and adjacent fields
Alma mater
American University of Beirut, Sorbonne, École Superieure d'Electricité
Known for
Founder of University of Tehran, Inventing, Légion d'honneur, “Continuous particles” or “Infinitely extended particles” theory, Education Minister in Iran, founding father of modern Physics and Engineering in Iran and other national contributions
Sayyed Mahmoud Hessaby (in Persian سید محمود حسابی - alternative spellings: Mahmood Hesabi) (February 23, 1903, Tehran – September 3, 1992, Geneva) was a prominent Iranian scientist, researcher and distinguished professor of University of Tehran. During the congress on "60 years of physics in Iran" the services rendered by him were deeply appreciated and he was called "the father of modern physics in Iran". [1][2]
Contents
1 Biography
2 Languages
3 The Dr. Hessaby Museum
4 Dr. Hessaby Foundation
5 Children
6 Accomplishments
7 Awards and honours
8 Key publications
9 Research and writing
9.1 Cultural
9.2 Scientific
9.2.1 Books
9.2.2 Other
10 See also
11 References
12 Resources
13 External links
Biography
Hessaby was born in Tehran to Abbas and Goharshad Hessaby. When he was seven, the family moved from Iran to Beirut in Lebanon where he attended school.
At seventeen he obtained his Bachelor's in Arts and Sciences from the American University of Beirut. Later he obtained his B.A. in civil engineering while working as a draftsman. He continued his studies and graduated from Engineering school of Beirut.
Hessaby was admitted to the École Superieure d'Electricité and in 1925 graduated while he was employed by the SNCF (French National Railway). He started working in the electric locomotive maintenance department. Hew was a scientific mind and continued his research in Physics at the Sorbonne University and obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from that University at the age of twenty-five.
Dr Hessaby was a Polymath,[3] having held five Bachelor's degrees in literature, civil engineering, mathematics, electric engineering and mining engineering. He continued lecturing at University of Tehran for three working generations, teaching seven generations of students and professors.
In 1947, he published his classic paper on "Continuous particles". Following this, in 1957 he proposed his model of "Infinitely extended particles".
As Hessaby wished, he was buried in his hometown, Tafresh.
Languages
Prof. Mahmoud Hessaby was fluent in five living languages: Persian, French, English, German and Arabic. He was also familiar with Sanskrit, Latin, Greek, Pahlavi, Avestan, Turkish and Italian, which he used for etymological studies.
The Dr. Hessaby Museum
The Museum Of Dr. Hessaby is a collection of some of personal belongings and communications with various scientific cultural figures.
The museum has been established by his family, colleagues and students in order to value his 60 years of scientific, educational and cultural activities, and to set an example for young generation of Iran, students in particular, of a hard-working contemporary scientist, who despite his difficult childhood led a successful life and contributed greatly towards his country's progress by establishing many scientific, industrial, cultural, and research centers in Iran, including the University of Tehran, the first modern university in the country.
Every item of the museum is a reminder of a corner of his life and bears a valuable lesson of life.
The museum is situated in his personal home, north of Tehran, and visited daily by many visitors from different scientific, cultural, and educational institutes and organisations, free of charge.
Dr. Hessaby Foundation
The Dr. Hessaby Foundation was established by his son to continue all the various aspects of his work, highlighting his belief that giving priority to research and researchers is the basis of the scientific and industrial progress of a country.
Children
He had a son and a daughter. His son graduated in political Science from Melli University and is currently in charge of the Dr. Hessaby Institute.
Accomplishments
According to the Dr Hessaby Institute, essentially an institution run by his son, the following were some of his accomplishments:
Founding the Highway Engineering school and teaching there from 1928
Survey and drawing of the first coastal road-map between Persian Gulf ports
Founding the "teachers college" and teaching there from 1928
Construction of the first radio-set in Iran (1928)
Construction of the first weather-station in 1931
Installation and operation of the first radiology center in Iran in 1931
Calculation and setting of Iranian time (1932)
Founding the first private hospital in Iran (Goharshad Hospital) in 1933
Writing the University carechair and founding Tehran University (1934)
Founding the Engineering school in 1934 and acting as the dean of that school until 1936 and teaching there from then on
Founding the faculty of science and acting as its dean from 1942 to 1948
Commissioned for the dispossession of British Petroleum Company during the government of Dr Mossadegh and appointed as the first general manager of the National Iranian Oil Company
Minister of Education in the cabinet of Dr Mossadegh from 1951 to 1952
Opposing the contract with the consortium while in the Senate of Iran in 1954
Opposing the membership of Iran in CENTO
Founding the Telecommunication Center of Assad-Abad in Hamedan (1959)
Writing the standards charter for the standards Institute of Iran (1954)
Founding the Geophysical Institute of Tehran University (1961)
Title of distinguished professor of Tehran University from 1971
Founding the atomic research center and atomic reactor at Tehran University
Founding the atomic Energy center of Iran, member of the UN scientific sub-committee of peaceful use of nuclear power, member of the international space committee (1981)
Establishment of Iran's space research committee and member of the international space committee (1981)
Establishment of the Iranian music society and founding the Persian language Academy
Awards and honours
Father of Iranian Physics, By Iran's Physical Society
Key publications
Hessaby M, Model of an Infinite Particle, Journal de Physique et le Radium 18 (5): 323-326 1957. Times Cited: 0 University of Tehran.
Hessaby M, Theoretical Evidence for the Existence of a Light-Charged Particle of Mass Greater than That of the Electron, Physical Review, Vol. 73, Issue 9, p. 1128 (1948). Times Cited: 1 While at Institute for Nuclear Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
APS
Hessaby M, Continuous Particles, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 33, No. 6, pp. 189–194 (1947). Times Cited: 0 University of Tehran and Princeton University
Hessaby M, Continuous Particles, Proceedings of the American Physical Society, Minutes of the Meeting at Montreal, June 19–21, 1947,
Research and writing
His research and writings included:[3]
Cultural
The Hessaby Dictionary
Dictionary of Iranian Names
Articles for the Establishment of the University of Tehran (1933)
Treatise on "Our Path" (1935)
Physics textbook for first year in high school (1939
Minutes of the meeting of the National Academy of Science (1947)
Rules for the University of Tehran Budget (1961)
The New Physics and the Philosophy of Ancient Percia (1963)
Genealogical Tree of the Hessaby Family (1967)
The Power of the Persian Language (1971)
"Complete Poetical Works of Hessaby", from the 17th century (1975)
"Roots of Persian Words" (1989)
"Specialized Terms in Physics" (1961–1990)
Dictionary of "French Verbs-Persian Verbs"
"The how of Iranian History"
Research on and Interpretation of the Poetry of Hafez
Research on the "Golestan" of Saadi
Research on the Poetry of Baba Taher
Research on the "Shahnameh" of Ferdowsi
"In Memory of Albert Einstein" on the occasion of his death (1955)
Scientific
Books
"Electrodynamics"
"Electric Eye"
"Viewpoint in Physics", University of Tehran, 1961
"Magnetic Eye", University of Tehran, 1966
"Solid State Physics", University of Tehran, 1969
"Quantum View" University of Tehran, 1979
Other
Doctoral dissertation "Sensitivity of Photoelectric Cells", Sorbonne University Press, 1927
Thesis in "The Interpretation of Dubrois Waves", in French, 1945
"Structure of Essential Particles of the Nucleus of an Atom in Einstein's Theory of Relativity", Princeton University, 1946
Article on "Connected Particles", National Academy of Science, U.S., 1947
"The Effect of Matter on the Path of Light" as co-researcher at the Nuclear-science Institute, Chicago, 1947
"The Correction of Newton's Law of Gravity". "Maxwell's Law of the Electromagnetic Field" 1947
"The Effect of Matter on the Path of Light and the Deviation of Light Waves on the Surface of Matter", Nuclear Science Institute, Chicago, 1947
"The Deviation of Light Waves in the Presence of Matter", research at the University of Chicago, 1948
Continuation of research on "The Structure of Essential Particles of the Nucleus of an Atom", University of Tehran; laboratory research on "The Transmission of Light through Matter" College of Science, University of Tehran - Thesis on "The Theory of the Diffusion of Infinite Particles", University of Tehran, 1997
Research on the formula for the Law of Gravity
Research on the formula for the Law of Electrical Attraction
Research on the formula for the Law of the Electromagnetic Field
Research on the breakage of light near solid matter
Research on lasers
Research on nuclear magnetic resonance
See also
Intellectual Movements in Iran
The Physical Society of Iran
List of Iranian intellectuals
References
^ Iran Chamber Society
^ Official website
^ a b http://www.hessaby.com/
Resources
Dr Mahmoud Hessaby at website of University of Tehran.
his biography in Persian
درباره دکتر محمود حسابی
پروفسور محمود حسابی
همنشین بهار: دکتر محمود حسابی و جعلیات اینترنتی
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mahmoud Hessaby
Mahmoud Hessaby Home Page
Infinitely extended particles
Doctor Hasabi Museum, Tajrish Avenue, Maqsud-Beek Street, Doctor Hesabi Street, No. 8, Tehran, Iran. (English), (Persian)
Dr Mahmoud Hessaby, Iranian Personalities, Iran Chamber Society.
پروفسور محمود حسابی پدر فيزيك ايران
Dr Mahmoud Hessaby