George Uhlenbeck

George Uhlenbeck
G.E. Uhlenbeck
Born
George Eugene Uhlenbeck

(1900-12-06)December 6, 1900
DiedOctober 31, 1988(1988-10-31) (aged 87)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Leiden
Known forElectron spin
Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process
Quantum Boltzmann equation
ChildrenOlke C. Uhlenbeck
AwardsOersted Medal (1955)
Max Planck medal (1964)
Lorentz Medal (1970)
National Medal of Science (1977)
Wolf Prize in Physics (1979)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist
InstitutionsColumbia University
MIT
University of Michigan
Rockefeller Institute
Princeton University
Doctoral advisorPaul Ehrenfest
Doctoral studentsMax Dresden
George W. Ford
Emil Konopinski
Edwin Albrecht Uehling
Seth Putterman

George Eugene Uhlenbeck (December 6, 1900 – October 31, 1988) was a Dutch-American theoretical physicist.[1]

  1. ^ Dresden, Max (December 1989). "George E. Uhlenbeck". Physics Today. 42 (12): 91–94. Bibcode:1989PhT....42l..91D. doi:10.1063/1.2811256. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05.