Arthur E. Haas - the hidden pioneer of quantum mechanics : a biography / Michael Wiescher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wiescher, Michael, author.

Series:

Springer biographies 2365-0621

Springer biographies, 2365-0621

Standardized Title:

Arthur E. Haas - ein verborgener Pionier der modernen Physik. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Haas, Arthur Erich, 1884-1941.

Haas, Arthur Erich.

Physicists--Austria--Biography.

Physicists.

Quantum theory.

Jewish scientists.

Austria.

Jewish scientists--Austria--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (some color).

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2021]

Language Note:

Translated from German.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The book highlights the personal and scientific struggles of Arthur Erich Haas (1884-1941), an Austrian Physicist from a wealthy Jewish middle-class family, whose remarkable accomplishments in a politically hostile but scientifically rewarding environment deserve greater recognition. Haas was a fellow student of both Lise Meitner and Erwin Schrödinger and was also one of the last doctoral students of Ludwig Boltzmann. Following Boltzmann's suicide, Haas was forced to submit a more independent doctoral thesis in which he postulated new approaches in early quantum theory, actually introducing the idea of the Bohr radius before Niels Bohr. It is the lost story of a trailblazer in the fields of quantum mechanics and cosmology, a herald of nuclear energy and applications of modern science. This biography of Haas is based on new and previously unpublished family records and archived material from the Vienna Academy of Science and the University of Notre Dame, which the author has collected over many years. From his analysis of the letters, documents, and photos that rested for nearly a century in family attics and academic archives, Michael Wiescher provides a unique and detailed insight into the life of a gifted Jewish physicist during the first half of the twentieth century. It also sheds light on the scientific developments and thinking of the time. It appeals not only to historians and physicists, but also general readers. All appreciate the record of Haas' interactions with many of the key figures who helped to found modern physics.

Contents:

Youth and Career in the Habsburg Empire 1884-1919

Introduction

Origins and Childhood

High School Years

Years at the University

After the Doctorate

Life as a Private Lecturer

The Leipzig Professorship

War and Post-War

Post-War Struggles 1920-1924

Vienna Misery

The Origins of Emma Beatrice Huber

The Year 1924-Hope and Despair

The Vienna Academy of Sciences 1925-1935

Events at the Vienna Academy of Sciences

The Institute of International Education (IIE)

Lecture Tour in the USA

Holiday Stress and other Sorrows

The Second Journey to America

From Inner Emigration to Thoughts about the Universe

The Dark Years

The University of Notre Dame 1936-1942

Bowdoin College

University of Notre Dame

Church and Cosmologies

German Publishers

Vienna Exodus

Family Matters

Last Plans

De Mortuis nil nisi Bene

Post Mortem 1943-2017

Margarethe Gerstenberger

Otto Haas

Emma Beatrice Haas

The Next Generation. .

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 30, 2021).

ISBN:

9783030806064

3030806065

OCLC:

1269054616

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.