Franz Mandl | |
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Born | 1923
Vienna, Austria |
Died | 2009 (aged 85) |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Theoretical physicist |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Thesis | Limiting principles in statistical mechanics (1949) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Manchester |
Franz Mandl (1923–2009) was a British theoretical physicist, known for his graduate-level textbooks.
Mandl was born in Vienna in 1923 into a Jewish family. They moved to Berlin in the 1920s, and after the rise of Nazi Germany, the family emigrated to England as refugees in 1936. Mandl received a scholarship to study at Lincoln College, Oxford where he received his undergraduate and doctorate degrees in physics. [1]
After receiving his doctorate, Mandl spent a few years in the US, before returning to the UK to become a reader of physics at the University of Manchester. He spent his career there collaborating in atomic research and writing textbooks. [1] His books were considered influential to the graduate study of theoretical physics. [2] [3]
Mandl married Betty Clifford, a mathematician whom he met while studying at Oxford. [1]
He died in 2009 at the age of 85. [1]
Franz Mandl | |
---|---|
Born | 1923
Vienna, Austria |
Died | 2009 (aged 85) |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Theoretical physicist |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Thesis | Limiting principles in statistical mechanics (1949) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Manchester |
Franz Mandl (1923–2009) was a British theoretical physicist, known for his graduate-level textbooks.
Mandl was born in Vienna in 1923 into a Jewish family. They moved to Berlin in the 1920s, and after the rise of Nazi Germany, the family emigrated to England as refugees in 1936. Mandl received a scholarship to study at Lincoln College, Oxford where he received his undergraduate and doctorate degrees in physics. [1]
After receiving his doctorate, Mandl spent a few years in the US, before returning to the UK to become a reader of physics at the University of Manchester. He spent his career there collaborating in atomic research and writing textbooks. [1] His books were considered influential to the graduate study of theoretical physics. [2] [3]
Mandl married Betty Clifford, a mathematician whom he met while studying at Oxford. [1]
He died in 2009 at the age of 85. [1]