Herbert B. Callen
Herbert B. Callen (born July 1, 1919 in Philadelphia , † May 22, 1993 in Merion, Pennsylvania) was an American theoretical physicist . He is known in the USA for his textbook on thermodynamics, published in 1960.
Life
Herbert Callen graduated from Temple University and received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . During World War II he worked on the Manhattan Project . From 1948 he was at the University of Pennsylvania , where he became a professor in 1956. In 1951, he and Theodore Welton proved the fluctuation-dissipation theorem . 1985 Callen retired.
In 1984 Herbert Callen won the Cresson Medal from the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. In 1990 he became a member of the National Academy of Sciences . Callen was married and had a son and a daughter.
Fonts
- Thermodynamics and an introduction to Thermostatistics. 2nd edition, Wiley 1985, ISBN 0-471-86256-8 (first in 1960 as Thermodynamics - an introduction to the physical theory of equilibrium thermostatics and irreversible thermodynamics )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Callen HB, Welton TA: Irreversibility and Generalized Noise. Physical Review, Vol. 83, 1951, pp. 34–40 ( PDF ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ). The theorem was published by Harry Nyquist in 1928.
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SURNAME | Callen, Herbert B. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Callen, Herbert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American theoretical physicist |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1919 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |
DATE OF DEATH | May 22, 1993 |
Place of death | Philadelphia |