Leonard Benedict Loeb (September 16, 1891 – June 17, 1978) was a Swiss-born American physicist.[1][2][3] He was the son of Jacques Loeb a German-born American physiologist and biologist. Leonard B. Loeb wrote a number of physics books, including Atomic Structure.[4]
Leonard Benedict Loeb | |
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| Born | September 16, 1891 Zürich, Switzerland |
| Died | June 17, 1978 (aged 86) Monterey, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Known for | Gaseous electronics |
| Children | Anne Bredon |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Andrews Millikan |
| Doctoral students | Norris Bradbury Arthur F. Kip |
References
edit- ^ Varney, Robert N. (1978). "Leonard B. Loeb". Physics Today. 31 (12): 70–71. Bibcode:1978PhT....31l..70V. doi:10.1063/1.2994886. ISSN 0031-9228.
- ^ "Scientific Biographies: Leonard B. Loeb". American Institute of Physics. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ^ "Guide to the Leonard Benedict Loeb Papers, 1916-1970". Online Archive of California. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ^ Loeb, Leonard (1938). Atomic Structure (First ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
External links
edit- Leonard B. Loeb (March 2013). Fundamental Processes of Electrical Discharge in Gases. Literary Licensing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-258-60430-1.
- Leonard B. Loeb (2004). The Kinetic Theory of Gases. Courier Corporation. ISBN 978-0-486-49572-9.
- Leonard B. Loeb (March 2007). Fundamentals of Electricity & Magnetism. Read Books. ISBN 978-1-4067-0733-5.
- Leonard Benedict Loeb at Find a Grave
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