Herbert Fröhlich: A Physicist Ahead of His Time

This biography provides a stimulating and coherent blend of scientific and personal narratives describing the many achievements of the theoretical physicist Herbert Fröhlich. For more than half a century, Fröhlich was an internationally renowned and much respected figure who exerted a decisive influ...

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Autore principale: Hyland, G. J
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spelling oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-599422023-11-11T06:57:21Z Herbert Fröhlich: A Physicist Ahead of His Time Hyland, G. J Technology Science Autobiography Biography Biography Physicists Fröhlich, H. -- (Herbert), -- 1905-1991 This biography provides a stimulating and coherent blend of scientific and personal narratives describing the many achievements of the theoretical physicist Herbert Fröhlich. For more than half a century, Fröhlich was an internationally renowned and much respected figure who exerted a decisive influence, often as a ‘man ahead of his time’, in fields as diverse as meson theory and biology. Although best known for his contributions to the theory of dielectrics and superconductivity, he worked in many other fields, his most important legacy being the pioneering introduction quantum field-theoretical methods into condensed matter physics in 1952, which revolutionised the subsequent development of the subject. Gerard Hyland has written an absorbing and informative account, in which Herbert Fröhlich’s magnetic personality shines through. 2016-03-29T09:01:07Z 2016-03-29T09:01:07Z 2015 Book 978-3-319-14851-9 978-3-319-14850-2 https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/59942 en application/pdf Springer
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Fröhlich, H. -- (Herbert), -- 1905-1991
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Fröhlich, H. -- (Herbert), -- 1905-1991
Hyland, G. J
Herbert Fröhlich: A Physicist Ahead of His Time
description This biography provides a stimulating and coherent blend of scientific and personal narratives describing the many achievements of the theoretical physicist Herbert Fröhlich. For more than half a century, Fröhlich was an internationally renowned and much respected figure who exerted a decisive influence, often as a ‘man ahead of his time’, in fields as diverse as meson theory and biology. Although best known for his contributions to the theory of dielectrics and superconductivity, he worked in many other fields, his most important legacy being the pioneering introduction quantum field-theoretical methods into condensed matter physics in 1952, which revolutionised the subsequent development of the subject. Gerard Hyland has written an absorbing and informative account, in which Herbert Fröhlich’s magnetic personality shines through.
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