Nordheim, Lothar, 1899-
Lothar Nordheim autobiographical sketch, circa 1969.
The sketch discusses Nordheim's early life and education in Munich during World War I; student life (1919-1924) in Hamburg, Munich, and GtĖ˛tingen; his Ph.D. work in 1923 with Max Born; his work from 1927-1933 at the Cavendish Laboratory with David Hilbert, interrupted by travels to the U.S. (1930) and Russia (1932); his immigration to the U.S. (1935) where he joined the physics faculty at Purdue University (1935-1937); his move to Duke University to continue his work in solid state, nuclear, high-energy, and meson physics; World War II work at the Metallurgical Laboratory, University of Chicago, and at Oak Ridge on the Manhattan Project; and an evaluation of his own abilities.
Born, Max, 1882-1970
Hilbert, David, 1862-1943
Nordheim, Lothar, 1899-
Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge, England) -- Research.
Duke University -- Faculty.
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Purdue University -- Faculty.
United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. Metallurgical Laboratory -- History.
Mesons -- Research.
Nuclear physics -- Research.
Physics -- Study and teaching
Physicists -- Biography.
Physicists -- Travel -- Russia.
Physicists -- Travel -- United States.
Physics -- Research.
Solid state physics -- Research.
Soviet Union -- Description and travel.
Students -- Germany -- GtĖ˛tingen.
Students -- Germany -- Hamburg.
Students -- Germany -- Munich.
United States -- Description and travel.
United States -- Emigration and immigration.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, German.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Science.
Autobiographies. aat aat
Physicists. lcsh
Particles (Nuclear physics) -- Research. aip
Nordheim, Lothar, 1899- -- Childhood and youth -- Germany -- Munich.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA