Arnold Sommerfeld: Science, Life and Turbulent Times 1868-1951

by Michael Eckert

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461474604
• ISBN13: 9781461474609
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 471 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"