Franz Mandl (physicist)

Franz Mandl (1923โ€“2009) was a British theoretical physicist, known for his graduate-level textbooks.

Franz Mandl
Born1923
Vienna, Austria
Died2009 (aged 85)
NationalityBritish
OccupationTheoretical physicist
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
ThesisLimiting principles in statistical mechanics (1949)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester

Early life and education

Mandl was born in Vienna in 1923 into a Jewish family. They moved to Berlin in the 1920s, and after the rise of Nazi Germany, the family emigrated to England as refugees in 1936. Mandl received a scholarship to study at Lincoln College, Oxford where he received his undergraduate and doctorate degrees in physics.[1]

Academic career

After receiving his doctorate, Mandl spent a few years in the US, before returning to the UK to become a reader of physics at the University of Manchester. He spent his career there collaborating in atomic research and writing textbooks.[1] His books were considered influential to the graduate study of theoretical physics.[2][3]

Personal life and death

Mandl married Betty Clifford, a mathematician whom he met while studying at Oxford.[1]

He died in 2009 at the age of 85.[1]

Works

Books

  • Mandl, Franz (1954). Quantum Mechanics (1st ed.). Butterworths Scientific Publications. OCLC 1088018527.[4] 2013 pbk edition. ISBN 0-471-93155-1.
  • Mandl, Franz (1959). Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (1st ed.). Interscience Publishers. OCLC 422500484.
  • Mandl, Franz (1971). Statistical Physics. Manchester Physics Series (1st ed.). John Wiley & Sons. OCLC 911305958. pbk reprint of 1988 2nd edition. ISBN 978-0-471-91533-1.
  • Mandl, Franz; Shaw, Graham (1984). Quantum Field Theory (1st ed.). John Wiley & Sons. OCLC 802732334. pbk 2nd edition. ISBN 978-0-471-49684-7.

Technical reports and lectures

References

  1. Taylor, Geoffrey (25 May 2009). "Obituary: Franz Mandl". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  2. Collins, P D B (1985). "Book reviews: Quantum Field Theory". Physics Bulletin. Institute of Physics. 36: 391. doi:10.1088/0031-9112/36/9/028.
  3. Bailin, D (2009). "Book reviews: Modern Quantum Field Theory: A Concise Introduction, by T. Banks". Contemp. Phys. 51 (2): 182โ€“183. doi:10.1080/00107510903073286. S2CID 122763918.
  4. Salpeter, E. E. (25 March 1955). "Review of Quantum Mechanics by P. Mandl". Science. 121 (3143): 429โ€“430. doi:10.1126/science.121.3143.429.b. p. 430


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