About Siegfried Adolf Wouthuysen
Lived 1916 – 1996 (aged 79). Siegfried Adolf Wouthuysen was a Dutch theoretical physicist and university teacher.
Siegfried Adolf Wouthuysen (17 August 1916 – 14 July 1996) was a Dutch physicist who made contributions to quantum mechanics. He collaborated with Leslie Lawrance Foldy to develop the Foldy–Wouthuysen transformation, and with George B. Field to develop the Wouthuysen–Field coupling.
Early life
Wouthuysen was born in Amsterdam in 1916. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Chemistry at Ghent University in 1936 and his master's degree in Mathematics and Physics at Leiden University in 1939. In 1949 he became assistant professor and in 1955 full professor of Physics at the University of Amsterdam, which position he held until his retirement in 1984.
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Dutch physicist
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Siegfried Adolf Wouthuysen was born on 17 August 1916 in Amsterdam.
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Siegfried Adolf Wouthuysen died on 14 July 1996 in Amsterdam.
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Siegfried Adolf Wouthuysen was a theoretical physicist and university teacher.
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