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Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld, ForMemRS [1] ( 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.
Arnold Sommerfeld (born Dec. 5, 1868, Königsberg, Prussia [now Kaliningrad, Russia]—died April 26, 1951, Munich) was a German physicist whose atomic model permitted the explanation of fine-structure spectral lines. After studying mathematics and science at Königsberg University, Sommerfeld became an assistant at the University of Göttingen ...
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Nov 16, 2023 · Arnold Sommerfeld Biography Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld was born on December 5, 1868, in Königsberg, Prussia. Initially, he showed an early interest in mathematics, which would eventually lead to an exceptional career in theoretical physics.
Arnold Sommerfeld's mother was Cäcile Matthias and his father was Franz Sommerfeld. Franz was a medical doctor who came from a leading Königsberg family. Franz was 48 years old when Arnold was born while his wife Cäcile was 29; they had been married for six years. Arnold wrote autobiographical notes in around 1917 (which he updated towards ...
Nov 20, 2014 · A comprehensive and insightful review of Michael Eckert's book on the life and work of Arnold Sommerfeld, a prominent theoretical physicist and teacher in Germany. The review covers Sommerfeld's scientific achievements, personal and professional challenges, and the cultural and historical context of his times.
- S. S. Schweber
- schweber@fas.harvard.edu
- 2015
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. Sommerfeld was the teacher and mentor of a large number
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Sep 1, 2010 · In writing Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory, 1890-1926, Suman Seth has mined those correspondences extensively.A historian of 19th- and 20th-century physical science at Cornell University, Seth traces Sommerfeld’s roots in applied mathematics, which led to his rise in theoretical physics.
