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Eugene Feenberg
Eugene Feenberg
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He pioneered in applying non-relativistic quantum mechanics to realistic Microsystems. Through proficient development en cl application of approximation methods, he advanced nuclear theory and contributed importantly to the theory of quantum fluids.
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Yet we all know, from the unfolding of history, how thoroughly justified was the indignation Gene expresser} over Nazi violence and persecution when he wrote to Edward Kemble from Leipzig on April 4, 1933, "I walked the crowdecl streets Saturday boiling with anger; violent emotions visible on my face, I suppose, for passers whispered to be calm." An American fel
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Here we have a prime example of a Eugene Feenberg trait: extreme modesty concerning his own achievements and the value of his work. In 1935 Gene went to the University of Wisconsin for a year and continued work on nuclear structure and energy levels.
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When ~ arrived as a junior faculty member of the Washington University Physics Department in 1948 ~ found that the department followed the custom of assigning incoming graduate students, however inexperienced! in physics they might be, immediately to a research group.
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The standard quantum mechanics course of that clay generally would not develop those energy level calculations, which derive from the quantum properties of angular momentum, and many treatments of the topic resorted to group theory (again, not a ready tool brought by beginning students)
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to describe the ground state and lower excited states of strongly interacting many-particle systems. CBF theory is useful for nuclear matter and for the helium liquids.
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He married the former Hilda Rosenberg; their two sons, Andrew and Daniel, both have successful professional careers, for which their father not only provided encouragement but also served as a superb role model. Gene was equally effective as a professional example to his research students, who became something of an extended family for him.
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Among the resources upon which I drew heavily were the transcript of an oral history interview of Eugene Feenberg by Spencer R Weart of the Center for the History of Physics, and an introductory forward to the April 1979 issue of Nuclear Physics, which was designated a Feenberg commemorative issue.
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, 1938-46 Engineer, Sperry Gyroscope Company (on leave from NYU) , 194145 Associate professor, then professor, Washington University, 1946-75 Visiting Higgins Professor of Physics, Princeton University, 1953-54 Wayman Crow Professor of Physics, Washington University, 1964-75 Visiting professor of physics, The State University of New York at Stony Brook, spring semester 1969 Lecturer at Escuela Latino Americana de Fisica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, July 1-19, 1974 Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, 1975 Professor emeritus, Washington University, 1975-77 Died November 7, 1977 , 1929 123
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Symmetry effects in the spacing of nuclear energy levels.
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Theory of small signal bunching in a parallel electron beam of rectangular cross section.
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Note on proposed schemes for nuclear shell models.
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Continued fraction approximants to the Brillouin-Wigner perturbation series.
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Lee. Ground state and low excited states of a boson liquid with applications to the charged boson system.
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Hall. Sum rules, dynamic form factor and elementary excitations in liquid 4He.
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