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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectPaul S. Epstein
Dates
March 20, 1883 – February 8, 1966
Authorized Form of Name
Epstein, Paul S. (Paul Sophus), 1883-1966
Additional Forms of Names
Epstein, P. S. (Paul Sophus), 1883-1966
Epstein, Paul Sophus, 1883-1966
Biography
Abstract
Paul S. Epstein was Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Physics at the California Institute of Technology (1921-1966). Other institutional affiliations included the University of Leiden and the University of Zurich. His research interests included thermodynamics and quantum theory.
Important Dates
March 20, 1883Birth, Warsaw (Poland).
1905Obtained BSc, Imperial University, Moscow (Moskovskii gosudarstvennyi universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova), Moscow (Russia).
1906 – 1907Instructor, Moscow Institute of Agriculture.
1909Obtained MSc, Imperial University, Moscow (Moskovskii gosudarstvennyi universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova), Moscow (Russia).
1909 – 1910Privatdozent, Imperial University, Moscow (Moskovskii gosudarstvennyi universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova).
1914Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Munich (Universität München), Munich (Germany).
1919 – 1921Privatdozent, University of Zurich.
1921Assistant in Physics, University of Leiden.
1921 – 1966Professor of Mathematical Physics (1921-1953) and Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Physics (1953-1966), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1930Member, National Academy of Sciences.
February 8, 1966Death, Pasadena (Calif.).
Occupation
Mathematical physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Ehrenfest, Paul, 1880-1933
Post-doc advisor at Leiden University.
PhD advisor at California Institute of Technology, "The vibrational spectrum of a mon-atomic face-centered cubic crystal lattice," and both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Podolsky, Boris, 1896-1966
Advised by Epstein at California Institute of Technology in Particle Theory.
Sommerfeld, Arnold, 1868-1951
PhD advisor at University of Munich in Particle Theory.
Colleagues
Anderson, Carl D. (Carl David), 1905-1991
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Bacher, Robert F. (Robert Fox), 1905-2004
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Barish, B. C. (Barry Clark), 1936-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Bonner, Tom Wilkerson, 1910-1961
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Crane, H. R. (Horace Richard), 1907-2007
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
DuMond, Jesse W. M. (Jesse William Monroe), 1892-1976
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Furry, W. H. (Wendell Hinkle), 1907-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Gould, Roy W. (Roy Walter), 1927-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Hellwarth, Robert Willis, 1930-2021
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Houston, W. V. (William Vermillion), 1900-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Lauritsen, Charles Christian, 1892-1968
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Neddermeyer, Seth H. (Seth Henry), 1907-1988
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. (Wolfgang Kurt Hermann), 1919-2007
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Robertson, H. P. (Howard Percy), 1903-1961
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Schiff, Leonard I. (Leonard Isaac), 1915-1971
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Slichter, Louis B. (Louis Byrne), 1896-1978
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Tolman, Richard C. (Richard Chace), 1881-1948
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Von Kármán, Theodore, 1881-1963
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Additional
Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962
Debye, Peter J. W. (Peter Josef William), 1884-1966
Ewald, Paul Peter, 1888-1985
Eyring, Carl F. (Carl Ferdinand)
Friedrich, Walter, 1883-1968
Goetz, Alexander, 1897-1970
Huff, L. D. (Lorenz Ditmar), 1905-
Jordan, Pascual, 1902-1980
Landé, Alfred, 1888-
Lasarev, Petr Petrovich, 1878-1942
Lorentz, H. A. (Hendrik Antoon), 1853-1928
Oppenheimer, Frank, 1912-1985
Plesset, Milton S. (Milton Spinoza)
Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad, 1845-1923
Rubinowicz, Wojciech
Schwarzschild, K. (Karl), 1873-1916
Sponer, Hertha, 1895-1968
Wooldridge, Dean E.
Institutions
Major Positions
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Professor of Mathematical Physics and Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Physics.
Moskovskii gosudarstvennyi universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova. Fizika
Obtained BSc (1905) and MSc (1909). Privadozent.
Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden
Assistant in Physics.
Universitat Zurich
Privadozent.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Universität München
Obtained PhD in Physics (1914).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Oral History interview with Paul S. Epstein, 1965.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Oral history interview with Paul Sophus Epstein, 1962 May 25, 26 and June 2.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Paul S. Epstein papers, 1898-1966.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Subject
Alexander Goetz papers, 1919-1976 (bulk 1930-1976).
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Alfred Landé papers, 1915-1970.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
C. F. Richter student notes of lectures given by Paul Epstein, 1925-1928.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Carl F. Eyring lecture notes on electricty and magnetism, 1922-1923.
Harold B. Lee Library. Special Collections Division.
Brigham Young University.
P.O. Box 26835, Provo, UT 84602-6835, USA
Gustav Herglotz papers.
Abteilung für Handschriften und seltene Drucke
Niedersächsische Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
Papendiek 14, D-37073 Göttingen
Hermann Weyl manuscripts and correspondence, 1909-1955.
Handschriftenabteilung
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Howard W. Wise lecture notes, 1926.
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, 94720-6000, USA
Johannes Stark correspondence, 1904-1927.
Deutsches Museum
Museumsinsel 1, 80306 Munich, Germany
Karl Schwarzchild papers.
Abteilung für Handschriften und seltene Drucke
Niedersächsische Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
Papendiek 14, D-37073 Göttingen
Lorenz D. Huff papers, 1928-1948.
Libraries
Clemson University
Senator Strom Thurmond Institute Building, Clemson, SC 29634-3001, USA
Lorenz D. Huff student lecture notes, 1928-1931.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
Niels Bohr scientific correspondence, supplement, 1910-1962.
Niels Bohr Archive
Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
Oral history interview with Carl Henry Eckart, 1962 May 31.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Dean E. Wooldridge, 1976 August 21.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Ernst Pascual Jordan, 1963 June 17, 18, 19 and 20.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Frank Oppenheimer, 1984 November 16.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Oral history interview with H. R. Crane, 1973 March 28 and 1974 June 18.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Milton Plesset, 1981 December 8.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Oral history interview with Paul Peter Ewald, 1962 March 29 and May 8.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Richard Courant, 1962 May 9.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Theodore Von Karman, 1962 June 29.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Walter Friedrich, 1963 May 15.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Wojciech Rubinowicz, 1963 May 18.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history joint interview with James Franck and Hertha Sponer-Franck, 1962 July 9 to 14.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Paul Ehrenfest papers [microform], 1903-1933.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Petr P. Lasarev papers, 1914-1941.
Archive
Russian Academy of Sciences
ul. Novocheremushkinskaia, 34, Moscow, 117218, Russia
Richard Dedekind papers.
Abteilung für Handschriften und seltene Drucke
Niedersächsische Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
Papendiek 14, D-37073 Göttingen
Published Resources
Author
Der Stark-Effekt / Johannes Stark, Paul S. Epstein.
Textbook of thermodynamics / by Paul S. Epstein.
Subject
"Paul Sophus Epstein:1883-1966", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences