Richard Becker | |
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| Born | 2 December 1887  Hamburg |
| Died | 16 March 1955 (aged 67) Bad Schwalbach |
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| Academic career | |
| Doctoral advisor | August Weismann |
| Doctoral students | Herbert Kroemer, Egon Orowan, Wilhelm Brenig, Peter Haasen |
Richard Becker (German pronunciation: [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈbɛkɐ]; 3 December 1887 – 16 March 1955) was a German theoretical physicist who made contributions in thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, superconductivity, and quantum electrodynamics.