Nathaniel H. Frank

Nathaniel Herman Frank (born March 18, 1903 in Boston , † February 19, 1984 in Brookline (Massachusetts) ) was an American physicist .

Life

Nathaniel H. Frank studied physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and worked there until his retirement in 1968. After initially working as an assistant in the Department of Electrical Engineering after obtaining his bachelor's degree , he switched to physics in the mid-1920s. After a one-year research stay with Arnold Sommerfeld in Munich , where in particular some theoretical work on the change in resistance of metals in magnetic fields was written, he became an "Assistant Professor" in 1930. In 1944 he became a full professor at MIT. In 1935 he was a guest at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton . During the Second World War he worked from 1941 to 1943 at the Radiation Laboratory at MIT, where the propagation of microwaves was studied. From 1943 to 1944 he was subordinate to the War Ministry, where he participated in the development of radar devices .

He headed the physics department at MIT from 1952 to 1962.

Frank earned particular services in developing university teaching in physics in the USA. He is the author of several textbooks on theoretical physics. Some were made in co-authorship with John C. Slater .

In 1936 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society . He was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1949.

literature

Philip M. Morse : Nathaniel H. Frank (obituary) . In: Physics Today . tape 37 , no. 10 , 1984, pp. 112-114 .

Web links

Obituary in the New York Times , February 25, 1984

Individual evidence

^ NH Frank: On the theory of the change in resistance in strong magnetic fields . In: Natural Sciences . tape 18 , no. 34 , 1930, pp. 751-752 .
^ NH Frank: Remarks on the theory of the change in metallic resistance in a magnetic field . In: Journal of Physics . tape 60 , no. 9-10 , 1930, pp. 682-685 .
^ NH Frank: About the change in metallic resistance in strong magnetic fields . In: Journal of Physics . tape 64 , no. 9-10 , 1930, pp. 650-656 .
^ Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1900-1949. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, accessed December 11, 2015 (PDF file).

personal data
SURNAME	Frank, Nathaniel H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Frank, Nathaniel Herman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American physicist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 18, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH	Boston
DATE OF DEATH	19th February 1984
Place of death	Brookline (Massachusetts)

[1] NH Frank: On the theory of the change in resistance in strong magnetic fields . In: Natural Sciences . tape 18 , no. 34 , 1930, pp. 751-752 .

[2] NH Frank: Remarks on the theory of the change in metallic resistance in a magnetic field . In: Journal of Physics . tape 60 , no. 9-10 , 1930, pp. 682-685 .

[3] NH Frank: About the change in metallic resistance in strong magnetic fields . In: Journal of Physics . tape 64 , no. 9-10 , 1930, pp. 650-656 .

[4] Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1900-1949. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, accessed December 11, 2015 (PDF file).