Arnold Sommerfeld: Science, Life and Turbulent Times 1868-1951Springer Science & Business Media, 24 de juny 2013 - 471 pàgines The subject of the book is a biography of the theoretical physicist Arnold Sommerfeld (1868-1951). Although Sommerfeld is famous as a quantum theorist for the elaboration of the semi-classical atomic theory (Bohr-Sommerfeld model, Sommerfeld's fine-structure constant), his role in the history of modern physics is not confined to atoms and quanta. Sommerfeld left his mark in the history of mathematics, fluid mechanics, a number of physical subdisciplines and, in particular, as founder of a most productive "school" (Peter Debye, Wolfgang Pauli, Werner Heisenberg, Linus Pauling and Hans Bethe were his pupils, to name only the Nobel laureates among them). This biography is to a large extent based on primary source material (correspondence, diaries, unpublished manuscripts). It should be of particular interest to students who are keen to know more about the historical roots of modern science. Sommerfeld lived through turbulent times of German history (Wilhelmian Empire, Weimar Republic, Nazi period). His life, therefore, illustrates how science and scientists perform in changing social environments. From this perspective, the biography should also attract readers with a general interest in the history of science and technology. |
Continguts
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23 | |
Kleins Assistant | 48 |
Clausthal | 77 |
Aachen | 113 |
Munich | 147 |
Physics in War and Peace | 193 |
The Quantum Pope | 229 |
Descent | 347 |
Bitter Years | 375 |
Carrying On | 395 |
Legacy | 418 |
Epilogue | 433 |
Abbreviations | 435 |
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Aachen Academy Alfred Landé already Annalen appointment April Archive Arnold Sommerfeld ASWB August Berlin Bethe Bohr Bohr’s Boltzmann Clausthal colleagues colloquium conception Congress Debye December denazification Deutsches Museum diffraction dissertation doctoral Eckert Einstein electrodynamics electromagnetic electron theory engineering equations Ernst Ewald experimental February Felix Klein folder formula Göttingen gyroscope habilitation Heisenberg Hilbert institute invited January Johanna July June Klein Königsberg Landé later Laue Lenard letter Liebisch Lorentz March mathematical mathematician Meggers Ministry of Culture mother Müller Nazi November October paper parents Paschen Pauli Philosophical Faculty physicists Planck problem professor professorship quantum mechanics quantum number quantum theory radiation Rector Röntgen Schrödinger Schwarzschild scientific Selmayr September Sommerfeld wrote Spectral Lines Stark Structure and Spectral Technical University theoretical physics tion University of Munich Walther von Dyck wave mechanics wife Wilhelm Wilhelm Wien winter semester WPWB wrote Sommerfeld X-ray Zeeman effect