George Placzek
George Placzek (born as Georg Placzek September 26, 1905 in Brno , Austria-Hungary ; died October 16, 1955 in Zurich ) was a Czechoslovak physicist .
Life
Georg Placzek was a son of Alfred Placzek, a son of the Brno rabbi Baruch Placzek . He studied physics in Prague and Vienna; In 1928 he received his doctorate . From 1932 to 1939 he researched and taught in Copenhagen, Charkow, Paris, Jerusalem and at Cornell University . Together with Niels Bohr and Rudolf Peierls , he developed a theory of neutron-induced nuclear reactions that is fundamental for the further development of nuclear research (see also Bohr-Peierls-Placzek theorem ). Since 1942 he has dealt with neutron diffusion . In 1943 he became President of the Theoretical Physics Division of the Canadian Nuclear Research Laboratory at Chalk River Laboratories . In 1945 he worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory . In 1946 he worked for the General Electric Company and in 1948 became a member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton .
Fonts (selection)
- Together with Max Planck , Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker and Max Delbrück a . a .: The universe in the light of modern physics . London 1931.
- Rayleigh scattering and Raman effect . Leipzig 1934.
- Together with Kenneth Case and Frederic de Hoffmann : Introduction to the theory of neutron diffusion . Volume 1. Los Alamos, NM, 1953.
- The Rayleigh and Raman scattering . Berkeley, California, 1959.
literature
- Biographical encyclopedia of German-speaking natural scientists . Saur, Munich 2003.
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about George Placzek in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Literature by and about George Placzek in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Placzek, George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Placzek, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brno |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1955 |
| Place of death | Zurich |