Rotation Of A Rigid Body In Quantum Mechanics (Doctoral Thesis)
Language: English
Published by J. B. Wolters Uitgevers-Maatschappij, Groningen, Den Haag, 1931
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X, 112 Pp. Original Brown Wrappers Printed In Black. Stellingen (Statement Of Thesis) Laid In Loosely, With Printed Card "Receptie Na Afloop Der Promotie In Het Academiegebouw" Also Laid In Loosely. Light Wear At Corners, Covers Immaculate, Small Chip At Lower Right Corner Of Front Cover, And Splits At Sides Of Spine. This Is The Copy Of His Thesis Advisor, H. A. Kramer, With Small Pencil "/ K" At Top Of Front Cover. Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir (1909 – 2000) Was Best Known For His Research On The Two-Fluid Model Of Superconductors And The Casimir Effect. He Studied Theoretical Physics At Leiden Under Paul Ehrenfest. His Phd Thesis (Offered Here) Dealt With The Quantum Mechanics Of A Rigid Spinning Body And The Group Theory Of The Rotations Of Molecules. During That Time He Also Spent Some Time In Copenhagen With Niels Bohr, And Then Worked With Wolfgang Pauli In Zurich., In 1942, During World War Ii, Casimir Moved To The Philips Physics Laboratory, Natlab. He Retired From Philips In 1972. Although He Spent Much Of His Professional Life In Industry, Hendrik Casimir Was One Of The Great Dutch Theoretical Physicists. Casimir Made Many Contributions To Science During His Years In Research From 1931 To 1950. He Helped Found The European Physical Society And Became Its President From 1972 Till 1975. In 1979 He Was One Of The Key Speakers At Cern's 25Th Anniversary Celebrations. While At Natlab, In 1948 Casimir, Collaborating With Dirk Polder, Predicted The Quantum Mechanical Attraction Between Conducting Plates Now Known As The Casimir Effect, Which Has Important Consequences. Casimir Also Worked At Mems, Etc.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Rotation Of A Rigid Body In Quantum Mechanics (Doctoral Thesis)
- Author
- Casimir, H. (Hendrik) B. (Brugt) G. (Gerhard)
- Publisher
- J. B. Wolters Uitgevers-Maatschappij, Groningen, Den Haag
- Publication year
- 1931
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Physics
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