Sigurd Zienau
| Sigurd Zienau | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1921 |
| Died | October 18, 1976 |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions |
University College London University of Liverpool |
| Alma mater | Birkbeck College |
| Academic advisors |
Walter Heitler Wolfgang Pauli Herbert Fröhlich |
| Doctoral students |
Paul C. W. Davies Hugh Osborn Patricio Cordero |
| Known for | Theory of the polaron |
| Influenced | Freya Mathews[1] |
Sigurd Zienau (1921–1976) was a physicist notable for the theory of the polaron.
Education
His undergraduate studies were in mathematics at Birkbeck College. His further studies in physics were very much in the 'old school' European style at the time and he variously studied under Walter Heitler, Wolfgang Pauli, and Herbert Fröhlich.
Career
In 1954, he became an ICI Fellow and lecturer at the University of Liverpool. Then in 1965, he became a Reader in Physics at University College London until his early death at the age of 55. As well as his work on polarons he is remembered for his insightful revisions of Walter Heitler's book Quantum Theory of Radiation and Nevill Francis Mott & Harrie Massey's book The Theory of Atomic Collisions.
See also
References
- E. A. Power and F. F. Heymann, "Sigurd Zienau," (Obituary) Nature, Vol. 266, pp. 201–202, 1977.
Notes
External links
- Sigurd Zienau at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Zienau letter to Needham
- History of Physics at UCL with reference to Zienau
- History of Physics at UCL with reference to Zienau, Osborn & Cordero