Arnold Sommerfeld

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German physicist human theoretical physicist university teacher

Arnold Sommerfeld was a pioneering German theoretical physicist whose work in atomic and quantum theory significantly shaped modern physics and influenced generations of prominent scientists.

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Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German physicist → human → theoretical physicist → university teacher →
academicDegree	doctorate in physics →
awardReceived	Max Planck Medal →
causeOfDeath	complications from a traffic accident →
citizenship	German Empire → Germany →
countryOfBirth	Kingdom of Prussia →
countryOfDeath	Germany →
dateOfBirth	1868-12-05 →
dateOfDeath	1951-04-26 →
doctoralAdvisor	Ferdinand von Lindemann →
educatedAt	University of Königsberg →
employer	RWTH Aachen University → University of Göttingen NERFINISHED → University of Munich NERFINISHED →
familyName	Sommerfeld →
fieldOfWork	atomic physics → electrodynamics → quantum theory → relativity theory → solid-state physics → theoretical physics →
givenName	Arnold →
knownFor	Sommerfeld expansion in statistical mechanics → Sommerfeld fine-structure formula → Sommerfeld model of the atom → Sommerfeld quantization rules → Sommerfeld radiation condition → Sommerfeld–Brillouin precursor theory → Sommerfeld–Wilson quantization → contributions to the theory of X‑ray spectra → extension of Bohr atomic model → introduction of elliptical electron orbits → relativistic corrections to atomic spectra →
languageOfWorkOrName	German →
memberOf	Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities → Prussian Academy of Sciences →
name	Arnold Sommerfeld →
notableStudent	Alfred Landé → Hans Bethe → Isidor Isaac Rabi → Linus Pauling → Peter Debye → Werner Heisenberg → Wolfgang Pauli →
notableWork	Atombau und Spektrallinien →
placeOfBirth	Königsberg →
placeOfDeath	Munich →
positionHeld	professor of theoretical physics at the University of Munich →
religion	Protestantism →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hans Bethe → Hans Bethe → I. I. Rabi → Werner Heisenberg → Wolfgang Pauli →	doctoralAdvisor
Otto Laporte → Werner Heisenberg → Wolfgang Pauli →	influencedBy
Ferdinand von Lindemann → Hermann Minkowski →	doctoralStudent
Leopold Infeld → Otto Laporte →	hasAcademicAdvisor
Helmholtz Medal → Max Planck Medal →	hasRecipient
Arnold Sommerfeld ("Sommerfeld") →	familyName
Arnold Sommerfeld →	name