Arthur Szarvassi
Arthur Szarvassy (* 1873 in Vienna ; † 1919 ibid) was an Austrian theoretical physicist .
Life
Arthur Szarvassy studied at the University of Vienna . He received his doctorate in 1898 with a dissertation "On the rotation of the plane of polarization of diffracted light", which he had carried out under the direction of Franz-Serafin Exner and which remained the only experimental work of the theoretical physicist. He then worked for three years as assistant to Gustav Jäger at the extraordinary chair for theoretical physics. In 1901 he went to Gustav Jaumann at the German Technical University in Brno and in 1903 became an adjunct at the Physics Institute. He completed his habilitation in 1905 on the basis of a theoretical thesis on electromotive forces and the reversible heat effects of the electrical circuit . In the same year he received an honorary professorship for meteorology and climatology. As a result, he was appointed Associate Professor of Physics at the Technical University in Brno.
He died in Vienna in 1919, at the age of 46, shortly before his intended appointment as full professor. He was buried at the Ober Sankt Veiter cemetery .
meaning
Lise Meitner , who learned the beginnings of theoretical physics from him for the Abitur exam, described him as her first “true” teacher and an extraordinarily stimulating tutor. The scientific focus of his interest was the electromagnetic theory of moving media . In 1902 he published his work on the magnetic effects of an electrified rotating sphere , which was followed by numerous works on electromagnetic phenomena. In 1908 he turned to relativistic electrodynamics, with which he initially had difficulties as a staunch student of Ernst Mach . In 1910 he published the foundations of statistical mechanics , in 1911 the principle of conservation of energy and the theory of electromagnetic phenomena in moving bodies and in 1918 the work on Bohr's model of the atom .
Fonts (selection)
- Magnetic effects of an electrified rotating ball (1902)
- On the basics of statistical mechanics, 1910
- The principle of conservation of energy and the theory of electromagnetic phenomena in moving bodies, 1911
- About Bohr's atomic model. 1918
literature
Berta Karlik and Erich Schmid: Franz S. Exner and his circle . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1982
Individual evidence
- ^ Grave site Arthur Szarvassi , Vienna, Ober Sankt Veiter Friedhof, Group A, No. 52C.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Szarvassi, Arthur |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Szarvassy, Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian theoretical physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1919 |
| Place of death | Vienna |