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Lothar Wolfgang Nordheim

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German-American physicist

United StatesAcademicsLived 1899 to 1985 · aged 85
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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...

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1963honorary doctor of Purdue University
1951honorary doctorate of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
1936Fellow of the American Physical Society

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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.

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United States
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Academics
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Academic
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deceased
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Lived 1899 to 1985 · aged 85
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