Biography:Leonard Benedict Loeb

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Short description: Swiss-born American physicist
Leonard Benedict Loeb
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Born(1891-09-16)September 16, 1891
Zurich, Switzerland
DiedJune 17, 1978(1978-06-17) (aged 86)
Monterey, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Known forGaseous electronics
ChildrenAnne Bredon
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisorRobert Andrews Millikan
Doctoral studentsNorris Bradbury
Arthur F. Kip

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]

References

  1. Varney, Robert N. (1978). "Leonard B. Loeb". Physics Today 31 (12): 70–71. doi:10.1063/1.2994886. ISSN 0031-9228. Bibcode1978PhT....31l..70V. 
  2. "Scientific Biographies: Leonard B. Loeb". American Institute of Physics. https://history.aip.org/phn/11407002.html. 
  3. "Guide to the Leonard Benedict Loeb Papers, 1916-1970". Online Archive of California. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf8q2nb3c0/. 
  4. Loeb, Leonard (1938). Atomic Structure (First ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. 

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