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Gregor Wentzel

German physicist (1898–1978)

  • Fame49.2
  • Momentum6.6
  • Wikipedia639
Lived 1898–1978, aged 80Germany
Germany flagGermanyScientistsScientist
  • Wikipedia
    17 languages
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  • Era
    1898–1978
    Aged 80
  • Awards
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Updated 2026-06-19

Gregor Wentzel was a German physicist known for development of quantum mechanics. Wentzel, Hendrik Kramers, and Léon Brillouin developed the Wentzel–Kramers–Brillouin approximation in 1926. In his early years, he contributed to X-ray spectroscopy, but then broadened out to make contributions to quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics, superconductivity and meson theory.

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Germany
Last updated
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Born
February 17, 1898
Died
August 12, 1978
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