Walter Heitler

Walter Heinrich Heitler (02.01.1904 ? 15.11.1981) was a German ? Irish physicist.

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His research demonstrated the power of quantum mechanics by applying and developing it with great success to a number of diverse areas, including the valence bond theory, radiation theory, cosmic rays and quantum field theory.

Related Topics:
Quantum mechanics - Valence bond theory - Radiation - Cosmic ray - Quantum field theory

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Born 02.01.1904 in Karlsruhe;

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PhD Munich 1926;

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Habilitation Göttingen 1929;

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Research Fellow Bristol 1933 ? 1941;

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Professor Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1941 ? 1949;

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Director Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (successor of E. Schrödinger) 1946 ? 1949;

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Professor of Theoretical Physics and Director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics University of Zürich 1949 ? 1974;

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died 15.11.1981 in Zollikon near Zürich.

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Honorary doctor: The universities of Dublin (1954), Göttingen (1968), Uppsala (1973).

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Fellow: Royal Irish Academy (1943), Royal Society of London (1948).

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Honorary member: Kungl. Vetenskaps Societetens of Uppsala (1967), Leopoldina in Halle (1968), Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur of Mainz (1970), Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab (1974), etc.

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Prizes: Max Planck Medal (1968), Marcel Benoist Preis (1970), Gold Medal of the Humboldt Gesellschaft (1979), etc.

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See also:

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L. O?Raifeartaigh and G. Rasche: Walter Heitler 1904-81, in ?Creators of Mathematics, The Irish Connection?, ed. Ken Houston, University College Dublin Press, 2000.

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Sir Nevill Mott, F.R.S.: Walter Heinrich Heitler 1904-1981, in ? Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society?, Volume 28, 141, (Nov. 1982).

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