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'''George Eugene Uhlenbeck''' ([[December 6]] [[1900]], [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies]] – [[October 31]] [[1988]], [[Boulder, Colorado]]) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]]-[[United States of America|American]] theoretical [[physicist]]. He introduced the concept of electron [[spin (physics)|spin]], which posits |
'''George Eugene Uhlenbeck''' ([[December 6]] [[1900]], [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies]] – [[October 31]] [[1988]], [[Boulder, Colorado]]) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]]-[[United States of America|American]] theoretical [[physicist]]. He introduced the concept of electron [[spin (physics)|spin]], which posits an intrinsic spin to the electron particle, with [[Samuel Abraham Goudsmit]], for which they were awarded the [[Max Planck medal]] in 1964. Uhlenbeck was also awarded the [[Lorentz Medal]] in 1970 and [[Wolf Prize in Physics]] in 1979. |
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Other important work includes co-inventing the [[Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process]] which describes Brownian motion of particles in a fluid with friction. |
Other important work includes co-inventing the [[Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process]] which describes Brownian motion of particles in a fluid with friction. |
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G. E. Uhlenbeck | |
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| Born | December 6 1900 |
| Died | October 31 1988 |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | University of Leiden |
| Known for | Electron spin |
| Awards | Max Planck medal (1964) Lorentz Medal (1970) Wolf Prize in Physics (1979) National Medal of Science |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | Columbia University MIT University of Michigan Rockefeller Institute Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Ehrenfest |
| Doctoral students | Max Dresden Ronald Forrest Fox Boris Kahn Emil Konopinski Harold Hwa-Ling Szu |
| Notes | |
He was the father of the biophysicist Olke Cornelis Uhlenbeck and the father-in-law of the mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck. | |
George Eugene Uhlenbeck (December 6 1900, Batavia, Dutch East Indies – October 31 1988, Boulder, Colorado) was a Dutch-American theoretical physicist. He introduced the concept of electron spin, which posits an intrinsic spin to the electron particle, with Samuel Abraham Goudsmit, for which they were awarded the Max Planck medal in 1964. Uhlenbeck was also awarded the Lorentz Medal in 1970 and Wolf Prize in Physics in 1979.
Other important work includes co-inventing the Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process which describes Brownian motion of particles in a fluid with friction.
He was a student of Austrian physicist and mathematician Paul Ehrenfest.
External links
- K. van Berkel, Uhlenbeck, George Eugène (1900-1988), in Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland.
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "George Uhlenbeck", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
- S.A. Goudsmit. The discovery of the electron spin
- Uhlenbeck's math genealogy
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