퍼시 스펜서

소개

퍼시 스펜서(영어: Percy Spencer, 1894년 7월 19일 ~ 1970년 9월 8일)는 전자레인지를 발명한 미국의 과학자이다.

Percy LaBaron Spencer was an American physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor of the microwave oven. As a boy he was twice orphaned and began work at a young age, never finishing grammar school. During the night shift, he taught himself topics such as calculus, trigonometry, physics, and chemistry, establishing a lifelong habit of self-education or "solving my own situation" as he called it.