# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lothar-wolfgang-nordheim
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:40:10.252Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lothar-wolfgang-nordheim"
name: "Lothar Wolfgang Nordheim"
slug: "lothar-wolfgang-nordheim"
description: "Lothar Wolfgang Nordheim was a German–American theoretical physicist. He was a pioneer in the applications of quantum mechanics to solid-state problems, such as thermionic emission, work function of metals, field electron emission, rectification in metal-semiconductor contacts and electrical resistance in metals and alloys. He also worked in the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics, cosmic rays and in nuclear physics."
tagline: "German-American physicist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nordheim%2CLothar_1963_Kopenhagen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
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profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1899-11-07"
deathDate: "1985-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             10.42328042328042
  historical:           7.208604
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "Lothar Nordheim"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump