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Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld was a German theoretical physicist who pioneered developments in both atomic and quantum physics, and also educated and mentored many students for the new era of theoretical physics.

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science · German theoretical physicist (1868–1951) · theoretical physicist · mathematician · university teacher · physicist · also Arnold Sommerfeld, Sommerfeld

Born 5 December 1868 · Died 26 April 1951 · Q77078

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Won Oersted Medal (1949).
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Won Lorentz Medal (1939).
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The center for theoretical physics at LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) was named after him

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1951· 2 entries

Apr 26, 1951Documented record86% confidence

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Died 1951-04-26.

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“If I knew something about it, I wouldn’t lecture on it!”

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1949· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1949Documented record84% confidence

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Won Oersted Medal (1949).

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1939· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1939Documented record84% confidence

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Won Lorentz Medal (1939).

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1931· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1931Documented record84% confidence

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Won Max Planck Medal (1931).

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Jun 15, 1931Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1931).

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1927· 1 entry

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Sommerfeld applied Fermi–Dirac statistics to the Drude model of electrons in metals – a model put forth by Paul Drude

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1926· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1926Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1926).

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1924· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1924Documented record84% confidence

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Won Matteucci Medal (1924).

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1919· 1 entry

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A committee of the DPG recommended the establishment of Zeitschrift für Physik for publication of original research articles, which commenced in 1920

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1918· 1 entry

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Sommerfeld succeeded Einstein as Chair of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG)

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1914· 1 entry

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Worked with Léon Brillouin on the propagation of electromagnetic waves in dispersive media

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1900· 1 entry

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Sommerfeld was appointed to the Chair of Applied Mechanics at Technische Hochschule Aachen as extraordinarius professor, which was arranged through Klein's efforts

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1895· 2 entries

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And 1896 on rotating bodies led Klein and Sommerfeld to write a four-volume text Die Theorie des Kreisels – a 13-year collaboration, 1897–1910

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Which allowed Sommerfeld to become a Privatdozent at Göttingen

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1892· 1 entry

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And then began a year of military service, which was done with the reserve regiment in Königsberg

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1868· 1 entry

Dec 5, 1868Documented record86% confidence

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Born 1868-12-05.

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1822· 1 entry

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For a career as Court Postal Secretary in the service of the Kingdom of Prussia

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