Arthur R. von Hippel | |
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| Born | November 19, 1898 Rostock, Germany |
| Died | December 31, 2003 (aged 105) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | German |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
| Known for | Codeveloping radar during World War II Discovering the ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties of barium titanate |
| Awards | President's Certificate of Merit |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Niels Bohr Institute, MIT |
| Thesis | Thermo-Mikrophone (1924) |
| Doctoral advisor | James Franck |
| Doctoral students | Jay Last |
| Notes | |
His uncle, Eugen von Hippel described the ophthalmic hemangiomata that are part of von Hippel–Lindau disease, which bears his name. His son, Eric von Hippel, is an MIT economist. | |
Arthur Robert von Hippel (November 19, 1898 – December 31, 2003)[1] was a German American materials scientist and physicist. Von Hippel was a pioneer in the study of dielectrics, ferromagnetic and ferroelectric materials, and semiconductors and was a codeveloper of radar during World War II.[2]