SOMMERFELD ARNOLD: (1868-1951)
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SOMMERFELD ARNOLD: (1868-1951) German Physicist. A pioneer in the development in atomic physics. Sommerfeld served as doctoral supervisor for many Nobel Prize winners. He introduced the second and third quantum number, azimuthal and magnetic, and also pioneered X-ray wave theory. Autograph statement signed, `A. Sommerfeld´, one page, oblong 4to, n.p., 29th December 1950, to Henri Corbiere, in German. Sommerfeld, four months before his death, responds to his correspondent´s question about his life motto, and beneath the question responds `Bei allen meinen Arbeiten habe ich mich von der Uberzeugung leiten lassen,… mathematische Gesetze geregelt werden´ (''In all my works I have myself been guided by the conviction that natural processes are very simple… and at the same time they are regulated by mathematical laws''). Small overall minor age toning, otherwise G
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