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Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld, ForMemRS ( German: [ ˈzɔmɐˌfɛlt]; 5 December 1868 – 26 April 1951) was a German theoretical physicist who pioneered developments in atomic and quantum physics, and also educated and mentored many students for the new era of theoretical physics.
May 29, 2018 · Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld. Sommerfeld, Arnold Johannes Wilhelm. views 2,826,193 updated May 29 2018. SOMMERFELD, ARNOLD JOHANNES WILHELM. ( b. Königsberg, Prussia [later Kaliningrad, Russia], 5 December 1868; d. Munich, Germany, 26 April 1951), theoretical physics, quantum theory. For the original article on Sommerfeld see DSB, vol. 12.
Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld was a German theoretical physicist and renowned mentor of fellow physicists (he has supervised the greatest number of Nobel prize winners of any other supervisor). His notable achievements include the introduction of the 2nd and 4th quantum number, as well as x-ray wave theory. Sommerfeld.
Jul 26, 2023 · Sommerfeld’s work in mathematics led to important contributions in partial differential equations in physics and the theory of gyroscopes. He then turned to the study of atomic spectra.
Nov 24, 2013 · 257 Accesses. 1 Citation. Explore all metrics. This book presents the first English-language biography of Arnold Sommerfeld (1868–1951). It was originally published in German (Eckert 2013 ). The author is Michael Eckert of the Deutsches Museum in Munich.
Nov 20, 2014 · Download PDF. S. S. Schweber. 177 Accesses. Explore all metrics. Michael Eckert has written a remarkable biography of Arnold Sommerfeld (1868–1951), the “off-scale” theoretical physicist who made his Seminar at the University of Munich the outstanding school of theoretical physics of the first third of the twentieth century.
Dec 5, 2017 · 5 December 2017. The German physicist was an accomplished theorist and influential mentor. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.6.6.20171205a. Born on 5 December 1868 in Königsberg, Prussia, theoretical physicist Arnold Sommerfeld was a pioneer of quantum and atomic physics.
