George Uhlenbeck
George Uhlenbeck
Uhlenbeck c. 1928
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a Dutch-American theoretical physicist. Electron spin Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process Quantum Boltzmann equation
Born
George Eugene Uhlenbeck December 6, 1900 Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta )
Died
October 31, 1988 (aged 87) Boulder, Colorado, US
Nationality
American
Known for
Electron spin Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process Quantum Boltzmann equation
Fields
Physicist
Alma mater
University of Leiden
Awards
Oersted Medal (1955) Max Planck medal (1964) Lorentz Medal (1970) National Medal of Science (1977) Wolf Prize in Physics (1979)
Institutions
Columbia University MIT University of Michigan Rockefeller Institute Princeton University
adultbasic
Netherlands
Children
Olke C. Uhlenbeck
Doctoral advisor
Paul Ehrenfest
Doctoral students
Max Dresden George W. Ford Emil Konopinski Edwin Albrecht Uehling
era
1800+
Influenced
Walter S. Huxford