Franz Mandl (physicist)
Franz Mandl (1923–2009) was a British theoretical physicist, known for his graduate-level textbooks.
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 |
Early life and education
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]
Academic career
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]
Personal life and death
Mandl married Betty Clifford, a mathematician whom he met while studying at Oxford.[1]
He died in 2009 at the age of 85.[1]
Works
Books
- Mandl, Franz (1954). Quantum Mechanics (1st ed.). Butterworths Scientific Publications. OCLC 1088018527.[4] 2013 pbk edition. ISBN 0-471-93155-1.
- Mandl, Franz (1959). Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (1st ed.). Interscience Publishers. OCLC 422500484.
- Mandl, Franz (1971). Statistical Physics. Manchester Physics Series (1st ed.). John Wiley & Sons. OCLC 911305958. pbk reprint of 1988 2nd edition. ISBN 978-0-471-91533-1.
- Mandl, Franz; Shaw, Graham (1984). Quantum Field Theory (1st ed.). John Wiley & Sons. OCLC 802732334. pbk 2nd edition. ISBN 978-0-471-49684-7.
Technical reports and lectures
- Mandl, Franz (1952). The ionization by electron impact of excited hydrogen atoms. Harwell, UK: Atomic Energy Research Establishment. OCLC 28036431.
- Mandl, Franz (1956). Note on the phase-shifts for pion-nucleon scattering at 40 Mev. University of Rochester, Department of Physics. OCLC 1029842342.
- Mandl, Franz (1960). Symmetry properties of particles and fields (PDF). CERN Lectures. Geneva: CERN. OCLC 11103193.
References
- Taylor, Geoffrey (25 May 2009). "Obituary: Franz Mandl". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- Collins, P D B (1985). "Book reviews: Quantum Field Theory". Physics Bulletin. Institute of Physics. 36: 391. doi:10.1088/0031-9112/36/9/028.
- Bailin, D (2009). "Book reviews: Modern Quantum Field Theory: A Concise Introduction, by T. Banks". Contemp. Phys. 51 (2): 182–183. doi:10.1080/00107510903073286. S2CID 122763918.
- Salpeter, E. E. (25 March 1955). "Review of Quantum Mechanics by P. Mandl". Science. 121 (3143): 429–430. doi:10.1126/science.121.3143.429.b. p. 430